Writing data in SSIS

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Stripe Connector in the API Destination to write data to Stripe.

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 Stripe integration in SSIS
• How to configure connection for Stripe
• How to write or lookup data to Stripe
• Features about SSIS API Destination
• Using Stripe 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 Stripe in the API Source to POST data to the Stripe.

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:

   

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

   

5. 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.

6. 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.
   

7. Select New Connection to create a new connection:
   

   API Destination - Stripe

   Read and write Stripe data effortlessly. Manage customers, products, subscriptions, and invoices — almost no coding required.

   

8. To configure the Stripe 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 >>:

   Stripe

   

9. 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.

   Stripe

   Stripe authentication

   1. Login into your Stripe account
   2. Go to https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
   3. Then create a Secret key.
   4. In the parameter 'Token' fill in newly created key.

   API Connection Manager configuration

   Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

   1. Set Authentication Type to Stripe [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:

   Stripe

   Stripe [Http]

   https://api.stripe.com/v1

   Required Parameters
   Token	Fill-in the parameter...
   Optional Parameters
   RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
   RetryStatusCodeList	429
   RetryCountMax	5
   RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True

   

   Find full details in the Stripe Connector authentication reference.

10. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.

    API Destination - Stripe

    Read and write Stripe data effortlessly. Manage customers, products, subscriptions, and invoices — almost no coding required.

    

11. Finally, map the desired columns:

    API Destination - Stripe

    Read and write Stripe data effortlessly. Manage customers, products, subscriptions, and invoices — almost no coding required.

    

12. That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the Stripe API call using ZappySys Stripe Connector