API Integrations in Python Blog - Page 7
Broadcasting messages to WebSocket API clients
2019-06-12
Invoking individual WebSocket connections has been supported since Zato 3.0 and Zato 3.1 adds new functionality on top of it - message broadcasting - which lets one notify all the clients connected to a particular channel. Here is how to use it. Read more➤
API validation with JSON Schema
2019-05-13
Employing JSON Schema is an easy and straightforward way to validate input to your APIs - learn below how it can be enabled in Zato 3.1+ services in one line of code. Read more➤
MongoDB connections
2019-03-26
One of the newest additions in Zato 3.1 are MongoDB connections - learn in this article how to create and use them in your Python API services. Read more➤
HTTP Method and Accept headers
2019-03-18
Zato 3.1 includes new means to manage access to REST services based on input Method and Accept headers in HTTP requests - here is how they can be employed in practice. Read more➤
Two-factor authentication in Zato Dashboard
2019-02-25
This post provides steps needed to enable and make use of TOTP two-factor authentication in Zato Dashboard - the method is compatible with the most popular apps such as Google Authenticator, Authy or FreeOTP. Read more➤
Zato: A successful Python 3 migration story
2019-02-11
Now that Python 3 support is available as a preview for developers, this post summarizes the effort that went into making sure that Zato works smoothly using both Python 2.7 and 3.x. Read more➤
Step-by-step: How to use IBM MQ in Python, part 1
2019-02-01
This is part one of a mini-series about working with IBM MQ as a Zato and Python user. This installment will cover installation and configuration whereas the next one will delve into programming tasks. Read more➤
Managing live WebSocket API clients
2018-10-14
Zato-based WebSockets are a great choice for high-performance API integrations. WebSockets have minimal overhead, which, coupled with their ability to invoke services in a synchronous manner, means that large numbers of clients can easily connect to Zato API servers. Read more➤
Connecting Zato clusters with WebSockets
2018-09-03
Since version 3.0, it is possible to directly connect Zato clusters and exchange messages as though remote services where running in a local instance. This makes it an ideal choice for environments split into multiple parts. Read more➤
WebSphere MQ programming in Python with Zato
2018-01-29
WebSphere MQ is messaging middleware by IBM - a message queue server - and this post shows how to integrate with MQ from Python and Zato. Read more➤