Zato Programming
Getting started
- Tutorial
Learn how to design and build scalable, real-world, production-ready API integrations in Python
- Workflow
What does the development workflow with Zato look like? How does it feel to work with Zato?
- Screenshots
Find out what our Dashboard is about and see how you can use your favorite Python IDE with Zato
Programming examples
- Most popular
Technologies most commonly used in API integrations
REST | SOAP | Scheduler | Pub/sub | SFTP | WebSockets - Databases and message queues
How to access commonly used data sources
SQL | MongoDB | Redis | AMQP | IBM MQ | ElasticSearch - All examples
Data models, Odoo, SMTP, IMAP, HL7 FHIR, MS SQL, LDAP, shell commands, API rate limiting and more
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IDE Integration
- Visual Studio Code
Set up and configure VS Code for work with Zato
- PyCharm
Set up and configure PyCharm for work with Zato
- Debugging
Learn how to debug API services remotely
- Code completion (IntelliSense)
Configure your IDE for static typing and auto-completion
Working with REST APIs
- Channels
How to accept REST calls
- Outgoing connections
How to invoke external REST systems
- REST verbs
How to react to specific REST verbs
- JSON adapter
A convenience method of invoking JSON endpoints
Developing APIs and apps
- Request and response objects
Objects that describe data received and produced
- Data models and OpenAPI
Static typing and OpenAPI models for integration with external consumers
- Invoking other services
How Zato services can invoke one another
HL7 FHIR and v2
- HL7 FHIR
How to integrate systems with FHIR servers
- Security in HL7 FHIR
How to use Basic, OAuth and SSL/TLS in FHIR integrations
Integration patterns
- Async invocation
How to invoke services in background, with retries and callbacks
- Fan-out/fan-in
Fan out to multiple services and collect all the responses
- Parallel execution
Invoking multiple services in parallel for higher throughput
Creating backend dashboards
- Backend dashboards
How to create custom dashboards for your API systems
- Jinja (Django) templates
How to use Jinja (Django) templates in your services
Automation and extra libraries
- CI/CD integration with enmasse
Faster release cycles with automated deployments
- How to use pip with Zato
Installing additional Python libraries in Zato environments
Dashboard configuration
- Assign color cues to environments
Making sure you work in the right environment
- Two-factor authentication
How to enable TOTP for your Dashboard account
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