How to integrate FastSpring using Talend Studio

Learn how to quickly and efficiently connect FastSpring with Talend Studio 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 ODBC Driver for Talend Studio (often referred to as the FastSpring Connector). We'll walk you through the entire setup.

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FastSpring ODBC Driver Powering this integration

High performance
Bidirectional
Low-code / No-code
Easy to use

Built on the ZappySys API Driver, the FastSpring ODBC Driver is a high-performance, low-code / no-code solution. It enables you to connect to FastSpring data without any coding right in your SQL Server, or any ODBC/JDBC application. Part of the ODBC PowerPack.

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Create data source in ZappySys Data Gateway

In this section we will create a data source for FastSpring in the Data Gateway. Let's follow these steps to accomplish that:

Download and install ODBC PowerPack (if you haven't already).
Search for gateway in the Windows Start Menu and open ZappySys Data Gateway Configuration:
Go to the Users tab and follow these steps to add a Data Gateway user:
- Click the Add button
- In the Login field enter a username, e.g., john
- Then enter a Password
- Check the Is Administrator checkbox
- Click OK to save
Now we are ready to add a data source:
- Click the Add button
- Give the Data source a name (have it handy for later)
- Then select Native - ZappySys API Driver
- Finally, click OK
FastspringDSN

ZappySys API Driver
When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "FastSpring" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "FastSpring" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

FastspringDSN

FastSpring

Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

API Credentials

FastSpring authentication

Here is how to obtain FastSpring API credentials:

In the FastSpring portal, navigate to Developer Tools > APIs > API Credentials.
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.
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:

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:

FastspringDSN

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

Once the data source connection has been configured, it's time to configure the SQL query. Select the Preview tab and then click Query Builder button to configure the SQL query:

ZappySys API Driver - FastSpring

Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.

FastspringDSN
Start by selecting the Table or Endpoint you are interested in and then configure the parameters. This will generate a query that we will use in Talend Studio to retrieve data from FastSpring. Hit OK button to use this query in the next step.
```
SELECT * FROM Orders
```
Some parameters configured in this window will be passed to the FastSpring API, e.g. filtering parameters. It means that filtering will be done on the server side (instead of the client side), enabling you to get only the meaningful data much faster.
Now hit Preview Data button to preview the data using the generated SQL query. If you are satisfied with the result, use this query in Talend Studio:
ZappySys API Driver - FastSpring

Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts — almost no coding required.

FastspringDSN
```
SELECT * FROM Orders
```
You can also access data quickly from the tables dropdown by selecting <Select table>.

A WHERE clause, LIMIT keyword will be performed on the client side, meaning that the whole result set will be retrieved from the FastSpring API first, and only then the filtering will be applied to the data. If possible, it is recommended to use parameters in Query Builder to filter the data on the server side (in FastSpring servers).
Click OK to finish creating the data source.
Once done, go to the Network Settings tab and Add a firewall rule for inbound traffic:
- This will initially allow all inbound traffic.
- Click Edit IP filters to restrict access to specific IP addresses or ranges.
Crucial Step: After creating or modifying the data source, you must:
- Click the Save button to persist your changes.
- Hit Yes when prompted to restart the Data Gateway service.
This ensures all changes are properly applied:

Skipping this step may cause the new settings to fail, preventing you from connecting to the data source.

Read FastSpring data in Talend Studio

To read FastSpring data in Talend Studio, we'll need to complete several steps. Let's get through them all right away!

This article is compatible with Talend Open Studio (a free version, currently retired by Qlik). If you don't have it, you can still purchase a shareware version of Talend Studio from Qlik.

Create connection for input

First of all, open Talend Studio
Create a new connection:
Select Microsoft SQL Server connection:
Name your connection:
Fill-in connection parameters and then click Test connection:

FastspringDSN
If the List of modules not installed for this operation window shows up, then download and install all of them:
Review and accept all additional module license agreements during the process
Finally, you should see a successful connection test result at the end:

Add input

Once we have a connection to ZappySys Data Gateway created, we can proceed by creating a job:
Simply drag and drop ZappySys Data Gateway connection onto the job:
Then create an input based on ZappySys Data Gateway connection:
Continue by configuring a SQL query and click Guess schema button:
Finish by configuring the schema, for example:

Add output

We are ready to add an output. From Palette drag and drop a tFileOutputDelimited output and connect it to the input:

Connecting tFileOutputDelimited output in Talend Studio

Run the job

Finally, run the job and integrate your FastSpring data:

Integrating FastSpring data in Talend Studio

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 Talend Studio, so you don't have to figure out the setup from scratch. Check out the step-by-step guides below:

Conclusion

In this article we showed you how to connect to FastSpring in Talend Studio and integrate data without writing complex code — all of this was powered by FastSpring ODBC Driver.

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