Connecting JMP to an external API for the first time

[#1]

Hi everyone,

Our subcontractor has offered to share their data with us via their API. I hve never connected JMP directly to an API before, and I have a meeting with them later today.

I’d love your advice on what key details I should ask them to make sure we can set up the connection smoothly, like authentication method/type (API key, OAuth2, username/password...), data formats, data structure...

Also, if anyone has examples or best practices for testing an API connection from JMP, that would be amazing. Ideally, I’d like to grab a small sample of data just to confirm everything works.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Yass ,

It will depend on the API the contractor is using - there are a list of data connectors and possible API's that can be found here - see if their API type is present. A lot of them use HTTP requests, which you can find details on here.

Hope that helps,

Ben

[#3]

Hi @Ben_BarrIngh,

Thanks for the pointers! I will check the list of supported connectors and see if our contractor’s API type is in there !

Really appreciate your help!

Yass