New API Integration Tutorial in Python

Do you know what airports, telecom operators, defense forces and health care organizations have in common?

They all rely heavily on deep-backend software systems which are integrated and automated using principled methodologies, innovative techniques and well-defined implementation frameworks.

If you'd like to learn how to integrate and automate such complex systems correctly, head over to the new API integration tutorial that will show you how to do it in Python too.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Zato
from zato.server.service import Service

# ##############################################################################

class MyService(Service):
    """ Returns user details by the person's name.
    """
    name = 'api.my-service'

    # I/O definition
    input = '-name'
    output = 'user_type', 'account_no', 'account_balance'

    def handle(self):

        # For later use
        name = self.request.input.name or 'partner'

        # REST connections
        crm_conn = self.out.rest['CRM'].conn
        billing_conn = self.out.rest['Billing'].conn

        # Prepare requests
        crm_request = {'UserName':name}
        billing_params = {'USER':name}

        # Get data from CRM
        crm_data = crm_conn.get(self.cid, crm_request).data

        # Get data from Billing
        billing_data = billing_conn.post(self.cid, params=billing_params).data

        # Extract the business information from both systems
        user_type = crm_data['UserType']
        account_no = crm_data['AccountNumber']
        account_balance = billing_data['ACC_BALANCE']

        self.logger.info(f'cid:{self.cid} Returning user details for {name}')

        # Now, produce the response for our caller
        self.response.payload = {
          'user_type': user_type,
          'account_no': account_no,
          'account_balance': account_balance,
        }

# ##############################################################################



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