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Analyze eBay Data in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of eBay data and visualize live eBay data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server to build dynamic dashboards from live eBay data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for eBay, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to eBay in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to eBay from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "eBay"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to eBay.
If you will be accessing your own account, you can generate an OAuthAccessToken from your developer account dashboard. You can also allow other users to securely access their own accounts.
Both of these methods require you to create an application key set to obtain values for the following connection properties: AppId, CertId, DevId, and SiteId.
The user consent flow additionally requires the RuName and CallbackURL.
See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.
Add eBay Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to eBay, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for eBay data.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the eBay connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to eBay from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the eBay Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize eBay data in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live eBay data. For more information on creating OData feeds from eBay (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live eBay data in tools that consume OData APIs.
