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Astera Data Stack lets users design an API flow, which opens with Request and Response objects already present in the flow. These can then be used in a pipeline to the application of the user.
A simple, configured API flow can look like this:
Note: API Consumption is not a new module, it is already present in Astera Data Stack, but it has also been integrated into Astera Data Stack.
When it comes to the Consumption of APIs, Astera lets users configure an API Connection, its corresponding API Client object, along with an API Browser to maintain various imported or custom API Collections.
Astera Data Stack also makes use of various HTTP methods for Consumption such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH.
More information related to HTTP Methods can be found here.
Apart from that, the product also offers Pagination functionalities, details for which can be found here.
Enhancements to API Consumption
Pagination
Automated Read till End Options for Page Number, Offset-limit Paginations.
Cursor Pagination using body fields.
Pagination support added for POST Requests
OAuth2
OAuth2 token caching and auto-refresh.
New features of API Consumption
OAuth2 and E-Tag
OAuth 2 Grant Flow: Authorization Code with PKCE
E-tags for request caching and concurrency control
C-API Connectors
Create and manage Custom C-API Connectors
CAPI connectors library includes:
Zendesk Support
Zendesk Sales CRM
HubSpot CRM
Box API
Other New Features
Auto-redirect API calls.
Use of Default browser for authentication as an alternative to Embedded Browser.
Import postman API collection.
The Server Browser in Astera Data Stack lets the user manage and publish APIs once they have been deployed.
A wide range of functionalities are offered in the deployment of APIs, including setting authentication and security functions.
Within the Server Browser, user roles can be assigned, and specific resources can be provided to each role, respective to their area of application. The Server Browser also has the feature to auto-generate a swagger Url.
Once the APIs have been deployed, they can also be viewed in a dashboard present in Astera Data Stack.
Finally, users can also utilize Astera for logging and tracing.
