Create a Microsoft Dynamics base connection using the Flow Service API

A base connection represents the authenticated connection between a source and Adobe Experience Platform.

This tutorial walks you through the steps to create a base connection for Microsoft Dynamics (hereinafter referred to as “Dynamics”) using the Flow Service API.

Getting started

This guide requires a working understanding of the following components of Adobe Experience Platform:

The following sections provide additional information that you will need to know in order to successfully connect Platform to a Dynamics account using the Flow Service API.

Gather required credentials

In order for Flow Service to connect to Dynamics, you must provide values for the following connection properties:

For more information on getting started, refer to this Dynamics 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 ID, make a POST request to the /connections endpoint while providing your Dynamics authentication credentials as part of the request parameters.

Create a Dynamics base connection

The first step in creating a source connection is to authenticate your Dynamics source and generate a base connection ID. A base connection ID allows you to explore and navigate files from within your source and identify specific items that you want to ingest, including information regarding their data types and formats.

To create a base connection ID, make a POST request to the /connections endpoint while providing your Dynamics authentication credentials as part of the request parameters.

API format

POST /connections

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": "Dynamics connection",
        "description": "Dynamics connection using basic auth",
        "auth": {
            "specName": "Basic Authentication for Dynamics-Online",
            "params": {
                "serviceUri": "{SERVICE_URI}",
                "username": "{USERNAME}",
                "password": "{PASSWORD}"
            }
        },
        "connectionSpec": {
            "id": "38ad80fe-8b06-4938-94f4-d4ee80266b07",
            "version": "1.0"
        }
    }'

{
    "id": "4cb0c374-d3bb-4557-b139-5712880adc55",
    "etag": "\"9e0052a2-0000-0200-0000-5e35tb330000\""
}

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": "Dynamics connection",
      "description": "Dynamics connection using key-based authentication",
      "auth": {
          "specName": "Service Principal Key Based Authentication",
          "params": {
              "serviceUri": "{SERVICE_URI}",
              "servicePrincipalId": "{SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_ID}",
              "servicePrincipalKey": "{SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_KEY}"
          }
      },
      "connectionSpec": {
          "id": "38ad80fe-8b06-4938-94f4-d4ee80266b07",
          "version": "1.0"
      }
  }'

{
    "id": "4cb0c374-d3bb-4557-b139-5712880adc55",
    "etag": "\"9e0052a2-0000-0200-0000-5e35tb330000\""
}

Next steps

By following this tutorial, you have created a Microsoft Dynamics base connection using the Flow Service API. You can use this base connection ID in the following tutorials: