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Platforms to Build Custom APIs
While many tools exist to build and deploy your no-code APIs, your options are limited when your solution requires a custom or highly bespoke APIs that execute custom logic.LinxLinx offers a comprehensive platform that allows you to build, test, and deploy your API...
Handling complex integrations through custom connectors
Integrations can be done efficiently with IPaaS tools. Quickly set up point-to-point connectors, add logic and orchestration, and the integration is done and configured. The difficulty comes with more custom and bespoke systems. For example, when custom fields are...
Accessing On-Premise Resources with Linx
When using Linx, you may wonder how to access isolated or hard-to-reach resources. It may be that that resource is unreachable because of firewalls or strict control and governance policies. There are a few options to access these gated resources. Azure VPN Azure...
Download a file from SharePoint with the API
Many organizations are turning to SharePoint to store their files and share documents. Allowing your systems to access these files might seem like a challenge at first, but with the help of the Microsoft Graph API, you can quickly download the file to start processing...
Integrating with Microsoft Graph API – Creating a Calendar Event
Microsoft Graph API allows developers to access data and services across a wide range of Microsoft cloud services. Admittedly setting up permissions and security can be challenging, but once that is sorted, you will be able to access Microsoft services such as...
How To Dynamically Generate Files
Generating files for data extracts, reporting and even data migration is a crucial part of any back-end team. A typical data team will have to generate many files to be sent to various clients or consumers inside or outside of the organisation. As with all things, the...
Automated file archiving made simple
File and folder management is a large part of backend development. Whether you are creating files, importing files, or simply following organisation standards, every system needs to consider how files are stored and archived. This is especially important for ETL or...
Cartrack Fleet Integration with Linx
Cartrack is widely used for fleet management, and they offer a web service to manage jobs, customers and drivers. This post covers how you can integrate your system and the Cartrack API with Linx. The idea is to provide a base template solution to make it easier to...
Take your data from any source to any target
A common data development task is to move data from a target to a source. It can be a time consuming and tedious process when you have many sources or many targets of different types. This task can be made more complex when you add an automation component. These tasks...
BI complications and their solutions
Any organisation wanting to pursue digital transformation understands the value of good-quality data. Data is akin to digital gold, and it is immensely important to strategic decision-making. Ensuring that your data or BI team has everything they need is part of the...