SnapLogic Best Practices:Tips and Tricks in 30 Minutes

Praneal NarayanJason Slater

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Agenda

Today’s Topic: How to use the SOAP Snap– What is SOAP? What is a WSDL?

– What functionality does the SOAP Snap cover?

– Configuring the SOAP Snap

– Pipeline Example

Wrap Up and Topics for the Next Session

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Before We Get Started…..

Documentation

Download the following:– Snaplex

– JSDK

– Snap Packs

– Mac, Linux and Windows Installers

Community Board and Ideas

Don’t forget to use our Developer Community

www.developer.snaplogic.com

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What is SOAP? What is a WSDL?

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The SnapLogic SOAP Snap Functionality

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Configuring the SOAP Snap

WSDL Url: URL or file

Service Name

Endpoint: sometimes Soap 1.0 vs 1.2

Operation: function

Timeout: seconds / 0 for no timeout

Encode Attribute: Value substitution

Envelope– Mappings

– generation & customization

– re-generating when things change

Authentication– Account tab - specifying basic auth

HTTP Header

Key/Value pairs

Custom authentication

Custom headers for things like dev vs. prod SOAP servers

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Pipeline Example

Weather Service (SOAP 1.0 & SOAP 1.2)

Testing w/ a JSON generator Snap for input

Mapping output to JSON or XML using respective formatters

Parameterization of your pipeline

Publishing to expose your pipeline as a RESTful endpoint

Result: Wrapped SOAP endpoint, which is now consumable by modern (non-SOAP) clients

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A Few Tips

✔ Remember to re-generate SOAP envelope when necessary

Use a Data Snap or Structure snap before SOAP call

Consider running long-running SOAP calls in parallel, if it makes sense

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Connecting with the SnapLogic Team

@SnapLogic

Facebook/SnapLogic

developer.snaplogic.com

www.snaplogic.com/techtalk