SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONSUMING AND INTEGRATING WITH REST-BASED CLOUD AND ENTERPRISE SERVICES

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for consuming and integrating with representational state transfer (REST) based services. In one embodiment, a multiple-step extract, transform, load (ETL) job includes one or more REST steps. Each step in the ETL job performs a particular well-defined task, and the REST step in particular constructs REST requests, invokes REST services, and retrieves REST responses. The REST step may be mapped to a vector of inputs such that multiple REST service calls are made for each of the inputs. Further, a reusable connection may be employed so that one connection can be used to make multiple REST service calls. URLs used to make REST service calls may be dynamically constructed based on input data parameters and ETL job parameters. Additionally, a graphical user interface (GUI) allows users to configure aspects of a REST step.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for executing a computing job having a plurality of steps, the method comprising, for one or more of the steps subsequent to an input step:
receiving events from a previous step; building one or more REST requests based on information collected from the received events; transmitting the REST requests to REST service providers and receiving corresponding REST responses; extracting information from the REST responses; generating new events based on the extracted information; and sending the new events to a next step.