Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect
Accelerating Integration with SaaS, Social Media, and Open APIs
Published on 19. December 2012
140 pages
978-1-4493-3098-9 (ISBN)
Description
Connect your enterprise to a wide range of SaaS platforms, Open APIs, and social networks quickly and without difficulty. Through step-by-step instructions and numerous real-world examples, this concise guide shows you how to seamlessly integrate the external services you need with Mule ESB and its powerful Cloud Connect toolset.Youll learn how to use service-specific connectors for many popular APIsincluding Salesforce, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Twiliothrough easy-to-learn abstractions. If Mule doesnt have a connector for the resource you need, youll learn how to build your own. Youll discover how easy it is to reach beyond the enterprise firewall for a host of Internet resources.Discover the advantages of using Mule Cloud Connect over typical web service clients and protocolsLearn how Cloud Connectors eliminate the need to understand the underlying API of each serviceGet started with the latest real-time technologies, including REST, WebHooks, and Streaming APIsIntegrate OAuth secure APIs and understand their role in authorization and information sharingDelve into advanced topics such as multi-tenancy and connection managementBuild your own custom connectors with the Mule DevKit
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Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect
Accelerating Integration with SaaS, Social Media, and Open APIs
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Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- From Messaging to Connectivity
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Using Code Examples
- Safari® Books Online
- How to Contact Us
- Content Updates
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Getting Started
- Cloud Connectors Versus the REST of the World
- Transport-Specific Clients
- Language-Specific Clients
- Service-Specific Client Libraries
- Cloud/Anypoint Connectors
- Mule: A Primer
- Mule Configuration
- Flows
- Message Sources
- Message Processors
- Variables and Expressions
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Cloud Connectors
- Installing Cloud Connectors
- Maven
- Update Sites
- Manual Installation
- Namespace and Schema Declarations
- Global Configuration
- Multiple Connector Configurations
- Connector Operations
- Simple Arguments
- Collections and Structured Arguments
- Expression Evaluation
- Parsing the Response
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Orchestrating Cloud Connectors
- Transforming Data with Mule
- Working with Transformers
- Routing Data with Mule
- Working with Collections
- Conditional Routing
- Reliable Routing
- Summary
- Chapter 4. OAuth Connectivity
- Configuring OAuth Connectors
- Developer and Application Registration
- Configuring the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret
- Authorizing the Connector
- Redirecting for Authorization
- Additional Authorization Parameters
- Accessing Protected Operations
- Customizing the Callback
- Customizing the Callback URL
- Securing the Callback
- Saving and Restoring OAuth State
- OAuth v2 State Management
- OAuth v1.0a State Management
- Unauthorizing the Connector
- Two-Legged OAuth and Other Variations
- Developer and Application Registration
- Configuring the Access Tokens
- Authorizing the Connector
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Connection Management
- Configuring Connection Management
- Pooling Connections
- Connection Parameters and Multitenancy
- Fine-Tuning the Pool
- Reconnection Strategies
- Standard Reconnection Strategy
- Reconnect Forever Strategy
- Custom Reconnection Strategy
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Real-Time Connectivity and Synchronization
- Polling Connectors
- A Polling Operation
- Parsing the Response
- Fine-Grained Scheduling
- Watermarking
- Streaming APIs
- Configuring Streaming Connectors
- Consuming the Stream
- Parsing the Stream
- WebHooks
- Configuring WebHooks
- Parsing the Callback
- Customizing the Callback
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Custom Connectivity
- Creating Your First Cloud Connector
- Setting Up Your Development Environment
- Generating the Skeleton
- Connector Annotations
- Connectors
- Connector Configuration
- Connector Operations
- Connection Management
- Interacting with API
- Documenting Your Connector
- Connectors
- Configurable Fields
- Message Processors
- Generating the Documentation
- Building Your Connector
- Packaging Your Connector
- Installing Your Connector
- Publishing Your Connector
- Going Further
- About the Author
