How to Test Connection — Stripe Connector for SSIS

Prerequisites

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

  1. SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft).
  2. Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
  3. SSIS PowerPack is installed (if you are new to SSIS PowerPack, then get started!).

Test Connection in SSIS

  1. Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.

  2. Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.

    In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:

    • SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
    • Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
    • Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
    • Connection Manager Window in the bottom
    SSIS Project Screen
    Note: If you don't see ZappySys SSIS PowerPack Task or Components in SSIS Toolbox, please refer to this help link.
  3. Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.

    SSIS Data Flow Task - Drag and Drop
  4. 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
  5. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Source - New Connection
  6. Use a preinstalled Stripe Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Stripe Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:

    Stripe
    Stripe Connector Selection
  7. Now it's time to configure authentication. Firstly, configure authentication settings in Stripe service and then proceed by configuring API Connection Manager. Start by expanding an authentication type:

    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
    ZappySys Http Connection
  8. Select Test Connection endpoint from the dropdown and hit Preview Data:

    API Source - Stripe
    This connector support read/write operations for Stripe APIs
    Stripe
    Test Connection
    There are no parameters to configure.
    SSIS API Source - Read from table or endpoint
  9. That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to Stripe using Stripe 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 Stripe and load into target

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