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How to create custom ODBC Driver for API without coding

Introduction Imagine this situation, you or users of your product wants to consume some REST API in ETL / BI / Programming Tools using ODBC / JDBC Driver interface but there are no ODBC / JDBC Driver available for that API and you dont even know coding? If you are in a situation No Problem […]

How to download images from a web page using SSIS

Introduction The article shows how to download images from a web page using SSIS. Sometimes we need to download the images from a web page. In this post, we will show how to do this. Prerequisites Before we perform steps listed in this article, you will need to make sure following prerequisites are met: SSIS […]

How to call NetSuite RESTlet API in SSIS / ODBC

Introduction In our previous post we saw how to read API data in SSIS. This post we will cover how to call NetSuite RESTlet to read / write data in SSIS or ODBC Apps. For demo purpose we will use SSIS PowerPack REST API Task but concepts and many UI elements remain same for ODBC […]

Create new SSIS OAuth API Connection Manager

Read/Write ManageEngine ServiceDesk Data in SSIS (Zoho API)

Introduction In this post, you will learn how to read / write ManageEngine ServiceDesk data in SSIS (Drag and drop approach without any coding).  We will use SSIS JSON/ REST API Source to extract data from Servicedesk API and use SSIS Web API Destination to write data to Zoho. We will look at step-by-step instructions to read ServiceDesk  data […]

How to migrate Postman API call to SSIS / ODBC PowerPack

Introduction In the previous article, we learned how to copy settings from curl to ZappySys products, and in this article, we will continue on how to migrate Postman API call to SSIS / ODBC PowerPack. Postman is a very popular client tool to test API calls. Many API providers document how to call their API using […]

How to read YouTube API data in SSIS (Videos, Channels, Playlists)

Introduction In last few articles we saw how to read data from various Google Services. In this article we will see how to read YouTube API data in SSIS. This blog mainly focus on SSIS approach but steps mentioned to call Google APIs can be useful for any developer regardless which programming language or toolset […]

Read Freshdesk data in SSIS – REST API Call

Introduction In this post we will learn how to read Freshdesk data in SSIS using ZappySys JSON / REST API Source. We will see how to authenticate, paginate / parse and load Freshdesk data into SQL Server Table in just few clicks. If you don’t use Freshdesk and considering using Zendesk instead then check our previous […]

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Understand HTTP Status Code and Fix Common Errors in REST API

Introduction Any time you send HTTP Request according to HTTP Standard using tools like ZappySys REST API Drivers or SSIS Connectors you may receive web response along with HTTP Status Codes. Dealing with REST / SOAP API calls you may face errors and you may find it challenging to understand generic error message from server along with […]

Using SSIS JSON Generator Transform with Batch Option (Multiple Records in a single document)

How to batch REST API requests in SSIS (Bulk Operation)

Introduction In our previous article we saw how to POST data to REST API using few different ways. Now let’s go one step further and discuss another common scenario to batch REST API requests in SSIS. For efficient data transfer many API provides you to submit multiple records in a single request. In this article […]