A dark theme for auto-generated API documentation

Dariusz Suchojad

June 3, 2020

Starting with version 3.2, Zato will use a new, dark theme for its auto-generated API documentation and specifications. Here is its preview.

Topics: API

Backing up and restoring Zato Single Sign-On data

Anielkis Herrera

May 29, 2020

This article presents a procedure for backing up all of Zato Single Sign-On (SSO) data and restoring it later on.

Topics: SSO

Invoking Zato Python microservices with OpenAPI

Anielkis Herrera

May 29, 2020

One of the exciting additions of the upcoming Zato 3.2 release is the ability to invoke services through OpenAPI endpoints without a need for creation of REST channels explicitly - read more for details.

Topics: OpenAPI

Zato services as containers for Python functions and methods

Dariusz Suchojad

March 10, 2020

Acting as containers for enterprise APIs, Zato services are able to invoke each other to form higher-level processes and message flows. What if a service needs to invoke a hot-deployable Python function or method, though? Read on to learn details of how to accomplish it.

Topics: Tip

Generating API documentation for both external and internal users

Dariusz Suchojad

February 12, 2020

A recurring need in larger integration projects is generation of API documentation for users belonging to different, yet related, target groups. Read on to learn how to generate Zato-based API specifications for more than one group from a single source of information.

Topics: Documentation, OpenAPI

Accessing cache APIs from command line

Dariusz Suchojad

February 5, 2020

In addition to a GUI, Python and REST APIs, it is now possible to access your Zato caches from command line. Learn from this article how to quickly check, set and delete keys in this way - particularly useful for remote SSH connections to Zato environments.

Topics: Cache

Auto-generating API specifications as OpenAPI, WSDL and Sphinx

Dariusz Suchojad

December 3, 2019

This article presents a workflow for auto-generation of API specifications for your Zato services - if you need to share your APIs with partners, external or internal, this is how it can be done.

Topics: APISpec

Configuring Zato for high-performance Oracle Database connections

Dariusz Suchojad

November 6, 2019

If you need to configure Zato for Oracle DB connections and you want to ensure the highest performance possible, this is the post which goes through the process step-by-step. Read on for details.

Topics: Oracle

Publish/subscribe, Zato services and asynchronous API integrations

Dariusz Suchojad

November 4, 2019

This article introduces features built into Zato that let one take advantage of publish/subscribe topics and message queues in communication between Zato services, API clients and backend systems.

Topics: Publish Subscribe

Bash completion in Zato commands

Dariusz Suchojad

October 31, 2019

This is a quick tip on how to quickly and easily enable Bash completion for Zato commands - each time you press Tab when typing a Zato command, its arguments and parameters will be auto-completed.

Topics: Bash