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
While this video uses the OData Connector as an example, the core concepts and setup process are exactly the same for the FastSpring Connector.

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Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:

  1. SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) designer installed for Visual Studio.
  2. SQL Server Integration Services Projects 2022+ Visual Studio extension installed.
  3. SSIS PowerPack is installed.

Get subscription by ID in SSIS

  1. Open Visual Studio and click Create a new project.

  2. Select Integration Services Project. Enter a name and location for your project, then click OK.

  3. From the SSIS Toolbox, drag and drop a Data Flow Task onto the Control Flow surface, and double-click it:

    Drag Data Flow Task onto Control Flow to use SSIS PowerPack Data Flow components

  4. Make sure you are in the Data Flow Task designer:

    Make sure you are in Data Flow designer in SSIS package

  5. From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:

    SSIS API Source (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  6. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Source - New Connection

  7. 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
    FastSpring Connector Selection

  8. 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.
    API Credentials

    FastSpring authentication

    Here is how to obtain FastSpring API credentials:

    1. In the FastSpring portal, navigate to Developer Tools > APIs > API Credentials.
    2. Click Create, FastSpring will automatically generate your Username and Password. Copy them, we will need them in the next step: Use credentials to get FastSpring data via REST API
      WARNING: Securely store the credentials for future reference.
    3. 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.
    4. Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
    5. Done! Now you are ready to use FastSpring Connector!

    API Connection Manager configuration

    Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

    1. Set Authentication Type to API Credentials [Http]
    2. Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
    3. Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
    4. Finally, hit OK button:
    FastSpring
    API Credentials [Http]
    https://api.fastspring.com
    Required 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
    ZappySys Http Connection
    Find full details in the FastSpring Connector authentication reference.

  9. Select Subscriptions table from the dropdown and hit Preview Data:

    API Source - FastSpring
    Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.
    FastSpring
    Subscriptions
    Optional Parameters
    Subscription Id
    SSIS API Source - Read from table or endpoint

  10. 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)

    Execute Package - Reading data from FastSpring and load into target

FastSpring Connector actions

Need another use case? Pick the next FastSpring action in SSIS below.

Conclusion

You now know how to get subscription by ID in SSIS without writing complex code. FastSpring Connector handled pagination and authentication automatically.

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