20140527 APIcon SF - Workshop #1 - Spreadsheet to Custom API

TURN YOUR GOOGLE SPREADSHEET

INTO A CUSTOM API

Full stack PaaS for web APIshttp://apispark.com

May 27, 2014

PRESENTERENTREPRENEUR AND WEB API EXPERT

Jérôme LOUVEL CEO of Restlet

12 years of experience in software (EU and US)

Restlet Framework creator (2005)

JAX-RS 1.0 expert in JCP (JSR-311)

Contributor to “RESTful Web Services” (O’Reilly)

Co-author of “Restlet in Action” (Manning)

Contact

jlouvel@restlet.com

Twitter : @jlouvel

Blog : blog.restlet.com

AGENDA

1) Overview of APISpark (5’)

2) Google Spreadsheet wrapper (5’)

3) Hands-on lab (40’)– Sign in to APISpark

– Prepare the Google Spreadsheet

– Create the Data Store wrapper

– Export the Custom Web API

1) OVERVIEW OF APISPARK

WEB API PROJECTTYPICAL LIFE CYCLE

Create Host Manage Use Promote

1) Do It Yourself (DIY)

long, risky, expensive but highly flexible

2) Platform as a Service (PaaS)

integrated, fast, cost effective

APISPARK PLATFORMAVAILABLE IN PUBLIC BETA

Send us your feed-back and help us making it the best PaaS for Web APIs !

COMPOSING APISPARK CELLS

Entity Store File Store

Custom API

Java iOS JS

HTTP HTTP

STRUCTURE OF WEB APIS

API Contract

Implementation

Runtime

Web API

template

Completeweb API

HTTP HTTPS

SOCIAL LOGIN

YOUR DASHBOARD

ENTITY STORE CREATION

ENTITY PROPERTIES

2) GOOGLE SPREADSHEET WRAPPER

REEXPOSING A SPREADSHEET

Entity Store

Custom API

HTTP HTTP

Google Spreadsheet

MAPPING TABLE

Google Docs APISpark

Spread sheet Entity Store

Work sheet * Entity *

Column * Entity property *

First row Entity property names

Next rows Entity instances

FEATURES

Work in both read and write modes– your data always stays in sync

Your data can be updated– directly in the Google Spreadsheet

– via the Custom Web APIs

Additional security layer– your main Google password isn’t exposed

– you control who has access to the custom API

3) HANDS-ON LAB

YOUR STEPS

1. Prepare the Google Spreadsheet

2. Configure the Entity Store Wrapper

3. Deploy the Web API

4. Invoke the Web API

Follow this detailed tutorial

– https://apispark.com/docs/tutorials/google-spreadsheet

1. PREPARE THE GOOGLE SPREADSHEET

2. CONFIGURE THE ENTITY STORE WRAPPER

ENABLE 2-STEPS AUTHENTICATION !ON YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT

TEST YOUR GOOGLE CREDENTIALS

IMPORT A SPREAD SHEET

UPDATE WORK SHEETS

ADD ENTITIES

DISPLAY WRAPPED ENTITIES

UPDATE MAPPING IF NECESSARY

DEPLOY YOUR ENTITY STORE

3. DEPLOY THE WEB API

DISPLAY EXPORTED CUSTOM API

DEPLOY THE CUSTOM API

4. INVOKE THE WEB API

KEEP IN TOUCH!

http://restlet.com

http://blog.restlet.com

Twitter: @jlouvel

jlouvel@restlet.com

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