Create a Phoenix base connection using the Flow Service API
A base connection represents the authenticated connection between a source and Adobe Experience Platform.
This tutorial provides steps on how to create a base connection and connect your Phoenix account to Adobe Experience Platform using the Flow Service API.
Getting started
This guide requires a working understanding of the following components of Experience Platform:
- Sources: Experience Platform allows data to be ingested from various sources while providing you with the ability to structure, label, and enhance incoming data using Experience Platform services.
- Sandboxes: Experience Platform provides virtual sandboxes which partition a single Experience Platform instance into separate virtual environments to help develop and evolve digital experience applications.
The following sections provide additional information that you will need to know in order to successfully connect to Phoenix using the Flow Service API.
Gather required credentials
You must provide the following authentication credentials in order to connect your Phoenix account to Experience Platform.
host
username
password
port
httpPath
enableSsl
connectionSpec.id
102706fb-a5cd-42ee-afe0-bc42f017ff43
For more information about getting started refer to this Phoenix document.
Using Platform APIs
For information on how to successfully make calls to Platform APIs, see the guide on getting started with Platform APIs.
Create a base connection
A base connection retains information between your source and Platform, including your source’s authentication credentials, the current state of the connection, and your unique base connection ID. The base connection ID allows you to explore and navigate files from within your source and identify the specific items that you want to ingest, including information regarding their data types and formats.
To create a base connection, make a POST request to the /connections
endpoint while providing your Phoenix authentication credentials in the request body.
API format
POST /connections
Request
The following request creates a base connection for Phoenix:
curl -X POST \
'https://platform.adobe.io/data/foundation/flowservice/connections' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
-H 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
-H 'x-gw-ims-org-id: {ORG_ID}' \
-H 'x-sandbox-name: {SANDBOX_NAME}' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Phoenix test connection",
"description": "Phoenix test connection",
"auth": {
"specName": "Basic Authentication",
"params": {
"host": "{HOST}",
"username": "{USERNAME}",
"password":"{PASSWORD}",
"port": {PORT},
"httpPath": "{PATH}",
"enableSsl": {SSL}
}
},
"connectionSpec": {
"id": "102706fb-a5cd-42ee-afe0-bc42f017ff43",
"version": "1.0"
}
}'
auth.params.host
auth.params.username
auth.params.password
auth.params.port
auth.params.httpPath
auth.params.enableSsl
connectionSpec.id
102706fb-a5cd-42ee-afe0-bc42f017ff43
.Response
A successful response returns details of the newly created connection, including its unique identifier (id
). This ID is required to explore your data in the next tutorial.
{
"id": "0d982fff-c443-403e-982f-ffc443f03e37",
"etag": "\"830082dc-0000-0200-0000-5e84ee560000\""
}
Next steps
By following this tutorial, you have created a Phoenix base connection using the Flow Service API. You can use this base connection ID in the following tutorials: