Connections
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In Zingy, Connections serve as bridges for your app to communicate with external entities like third-party applications, proprietary databases, and various other services.
Your app's connections can be managed through the Connections tab as shown below (use the Toolbox menu and choose the Connections option).
A service can have one or more profiles. Each profile contains settings that distinctly recognize your account with that service. Additionally, the profile may have configuration options related to the service.
As part of the step 2, select an existing profile or select -New Profile- to create one.
NOTE: All profile settings are encrypted and stored in Zingy's cloud infrastructure.
A service may offer one or more operations/commands. When invoked or triggered, these commands carry out specific tasks related to the service.
To modify a connection, click on it and select the Edit option from the popup-menu.
The following modifications are allowed on an existing connection:
Choose a different service profile
Modification of connection specific options (if the service offers that).
Click on the connection and choose the Access (Security) option from the popup-menu.
The image below shows the process of editing the access rules.
To grant public access to an operation, select the "Public" group.
To remove a group click on the 'x' icon (4). Note: The "Admin" group cannot be removed.
To delete a connection, click on it and select the Delete option from the popup-menu.
Use the Add Connection icon to create a new connection for your app.
The first step in creating a connection is to select the specific service you want to communicate with. Click for a list of supported services.
When setting up a new service profile, the configuration options vary depending on the service. Please refer to the documentation section of the to learn more.
You may also delete a service profile by selecting it and clicking on icon that appears next to the selection dropdown.
You will be taken to step 3, if the service offers connection specific configuration options. Please refer to the documentation section of the to learn more.
Please note that you need to for the connection to be available in the live version of your app.
e.g. The , provides the Initiate Payments command that sets up the ability to accept payments inside your app.
Please refer to the documentation section of the to learn about the operation commands they offer.
The and blocks are available in both and . Using these blocks you can add logic to trigger the operations/commands supported by a service.
For some services, there are in the that can be added to pages and forms.
Please note that you need to for the modifications to take effect in the live version of your app.
Similar to the access rules for and , you can define role based access to your app's connections for every operation/command offered by the service.
By default all registered of the app and members of the Admin are allowed to invoke all available operations/commands for the connection's service. You can change this by clicking on the Edit button (highlighted below) for the desired operation/command.
To allow a , select it (1), choose the minimum role level (2) and click on the Add button (3).
Please note that you need to for the access changes to take effect in the live version of your app.
Please note that you need to for the connection to be removed in the live version of your app.
