How to integrate FastSpring using SSIS
Learn how to quickly and efficiently connect FastSpring with SSIS for smooth data access.
Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required. You can do it all using the high-performance FastSpring Connector. We'll walk you through the entire setup.
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Video tutorial
Watch this quick video to see the integration in action. It walks you through the end-to-end setup, including:
- Installing the SSIS PowerPack
- Configuring a secure connection to FastSpring
- Working with FastSpring data directly inside SSIS
- Exploring advanced API Source features
Once you are done watching, simply follow the step-by-step written guide below to configure your data source.
Prerequisites
Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
- SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft).
- Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
- SSIS PowerPack is installed (if you are new to SSIS PowerPack, then get started!).
Read data from FastSpring in SSIS (Export data)
In this section we will learn how to configure and use FastSpring Connector in API Source to extract data from FastSpring.
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Open Visual Studio and click Create a new project.
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Select Integration Services Project. Enter a name and location for your project, then click OK.
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From the SSIS Toolbox, drag and drop a Data Flow Task onto the Control Flow surface, and double-click it:
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Make sure you are in the Data Flow Task designer:
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From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:
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Select New Connection to create a new connection:
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Use a preinstalled FastSpring Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download FastSpring Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:
FastSpring
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Select your authentication scenario below to expand connection configuration steps to:
- Configure the authentication in FastSpring.
- Enter those details into the API Connection Manager configuration.
FastSpring authentication
Here is how to obtain FastSpring API credentials:
- In the FastSpring portal, navigate to Developer Tools > APIs > API Credentials.
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Click Create, FastSpring will automatically generate your Username and Password.
Copy them, we will need them in the next step:
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Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use this token in API Credentials authentication configuration:
- In the UserName field paste the Username value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Password field paste the Password value you copied in the previous step.
- Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
- Done! Now you are ready to use FastSpring Connector!
API Connection Manager configuration
Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:
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Set Authentication Type to
API Credentials [Http] - Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
- Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
- Finally, hit OK button:
FastSpringAPI Credentials [Http]https://api.fastspring.comRequired Parameters UserName Fill-in the parameter... Password Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True Your Webstore URL (Only used by get_products_visibility endpoint) https://YOUR-STORE.onfastspring.com 
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Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and click on Preview Data button to make the API call.
API Source - FastSpringRead and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.
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That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to FastSpring using FastSpring Connector.
You can load the source data into your desired destination using the Upsert Destination , which supports SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift. We also offer other destinations such as CSV , Excel , Azure Table , Salesforce , and more . You can check out our SSIS PowerPack Tasks and components for more options. (*loaded in Trash Destination)
Write data to FastSpring using SSIS (Import data)
In this section we will learn how to configure and use FastSpring Connector in the API Destination to write data to FastSpring.
Video tutorial
This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.
- How to download SSIS PowerPack for FastSpring integration in SSIS
- How to configure connection for FastSpring
- How to write or lookup data to FastSpring
- Features about SSIS API Destination
- Using FastSpring Connector in SSIS
Step-by-step instructions
In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure FastSpring in the API Source to POST data to the FastSpring.
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Open Visual Studio and click Create a new project.
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Select Integration Services Project. Enter a name and location for your project, then click OK.
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From the SSIS Toolbox, drag and drop a Data Flow Task onto the Control Flow surface, and double-click it:
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Make sure you are in the Data Flow Task designer:
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Read the data from the source, using any desired source component. You can even make an API call using the ZappySys JSON/XML/API Source and read data from there. In this example, we will use an OLE DB Source component to read real-time data from a SQL Server database.
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From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
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Select New Connection to create a new connection:
API Destination - FastSpringRead and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.
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To configure the FastSpring connector, choose one of the following methods:
- Choose from Popular Connector List: Select a pre-installed service directly from the dropdown menu.
- Search Online: Use this to find and download a new connector file to your computer.
- Use Saved/Downloaded File: Once the file is downloaded, browse your local drive to load it into the configuration.
After that, just click Continue >>:
FastSpring
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Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.
FastSpring authentication
Here is how to obtain FastSpring API credentials:
- In the FastSpring portal, navigate to Developer Tools > APIs > API Credentials.
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Click Create, FastSpring will automatically generate your Username and Password.
Copy them, we will need them in the next step:
WARNING: Securely store the credentials for future reference.
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Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use this token in API Credentials authentication configuration:
- In the UserName field paste the Username value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Password field paste the Password value you copied in the previous step.
- Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
- Done! Now you are ready to use FastSpring Connector!
API Connection Manager configuration
Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:
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Set Authentication Type to
API Credentials [Http] - Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
- Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
- Finally, hit OK button:
FastSpringAPI Credentials [Http]https://api.fastspring.comRequired Parameters UserName Fill-in the parameter... Password Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True Your Webstore URL (Only used by get_products_visibility endpoint) https://YOUR-STORE.onfastspring.com
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Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.
API Destination - FastSpringRead and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.
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Finally, map the desired columns:
API Destination - FastSpringRead and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.
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That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the FastSpring API call using ZappySys FastSpring Connector
Load FastSpring data into SQL Server using Upsert Destination (Insert or Update)
Once you configured the data source, you can load FastSpring data into SQL Server using Upsert Destination.
Upsert Destination can merge or synchronize source data with the target table.
It supports Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Redshift databases as targets.
Upsert Destination also supports very fast bulk upsert operation along with bulk delete.
Upsert operation
- a database operation which performs INSERT or UPDATE SQL commands
based on record's existence condition in the target table.
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Upsert Destination supports INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations,
so it is similar to SQL Server's MERGE command, except it can be used directly in SSIS package.
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From the SSIS Toolbox drag-and-drop Upsert Destination component onto the Data Flow designer background.
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Connect your SSIS source component to Upsert Destination.
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Double-click on Upsert Destination component to open configuration window.
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Start by selecting the Action from the list.
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Next, select the desired target connection or create one by clicking <New [provider] Connection> menu item from the Target Connection dropdown.
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Then select a table from the Target Table list or click New button to create a new table based on the source columns.
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Continue by checking Insert and Update options according to your scenario (e.g. if Update option is unchecked, no updates will be made).
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Finally, click Map All button to map all columns and then select the Key columns to match the columns on:
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Click OK to save the configuration.
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Run the package and FastSpring data will be merged with the target table in SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Redshift:
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Done!
Deploy and schedule SSIS package
After you are done creating SSIS package, most likely, you want to deploy it to SQL Server Catalog and run it periodically. Just follow the instructions in this article:
Running SSIS package in Azure Data Factory (ADF)
To use SSIS PowerPack in ADF, you must first prepare Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime. Follow this link for detailed instructions:
Supported FastSpring Connector actions
Got a specific use case in mind? We've mapped out exactly how to perform a variety of essential FastSpring operations directly in SSIS, so you don't have to figure out the setup from scratch. Check out the step-by-step guides below:
- Create Product
- Get Account By Id
- Get Account Charges
- Get Account Charges by Id
- Get Account Orders (For a single account)
- Get Account Orders (For all accounts)
- Get Accounts
- Get Order by Id
- Get Order Items
- Get Order Items by OrderId
- Get Orders
- Get Product
- Get Product IDs
- Get Product Prices
- Get Products
- Get Products Publish Status
- Get Quote By Id
- Get Quotes
- Get Revenue Report
- Get Subscription By Id
- Get Subscription Report
- Get Subscriptions
- Get Subscriptions Ids
- Update Product
- Make Generic REST API Request
- Make Generic REST API Request (Bulk Write)
Conclusion
In this article we showed you how to connect to FastSpring in SSIS and integrate data without writing complex code — all of this was powered by FastSpring Connector.
Download SSIS PowerPack now or ping us via chat if you have any questions or are looking for a specific feature (you can also reach out to us by submitting a ticket):
