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Connectors

The ‘connectors’ link in the upper-right opens a window which can be used to define, edit, and import connectors to external API providers.  In order to use an API service in an ACP Workflow, you must first define a connector to its service.

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The Generic Connector system is designed to allow ACP to support API-providing systems which that do not have a predefined built-in connector.  For example, there may be a network appliance which offers an API that ACP does not natively support. In this case, the user can employ a Generic Connector to manually define the API endpoints offered by this appliance and then integrate its functions with an ACP workflow as normal.

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The Generic Connectors List screen.  From this screen, you can edit or delete existing Generic Connectors.

Clicking on ‘Add Connector’ brings up a form which that allows the user to name the new connector, add a short description, and pick the authentication type and communications protocol this connector will employ.

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Endpoints can be added to a Generic Connector by clicking on the ‘edit’ icon to the right of each Connector’s name.  This brings up a screen which that displays a form for adding new Endpoints above the list for managing existing Endpoints.

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