Create an Oracle Eloqua base connection using the Flow Service API
WARNINGA 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 Oracle Eloqua 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 need to know in order to successfully connect to Oracle Eloqua using the Flow Service API.
Gather required credentials
In order for Flow Service to connect with Oracle Eloqua, you must provide values for the following connection properties:
| Credential | Description |
|---|---|
endpoint | The endpoint of your Oracle Eloqua. |
username | The username of your Oracle Eloqua account. The username must be formatted as siteName + \\ + username, where siteName is the company name you used to log in to Oracle Eloqua and username is your username. For example, your log in username can be: adobe\\emily. |
password | The password corresponding to your Oracle Eloqua username. |
connectionSpec.id | The connection specification returns a source’s connector properties, including authentication specifications related to creating the base and source connections. The value for the connection specification ID of the Oracle Eloqua source is fixed as: 35d6c4d8-c9a9-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003. |
For more information on authentication credentials for Oracle Eloqua, see the Oracle Eloqua guide on authentication.
Using Experience Platform APIs
For information on how to successfully make calls to Experience Platform APIs, see the guide on getting started with Experience Platform APIs.
Create a base connection
A base connection retains information between your source and Experience 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 Oracle Eloqua authentication credentials as part of the request parameters.
API format
POST /connections
Request
The following request creates a base connection for Oracle Eloqua:
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": "Oracle Eloqua Base Connection",
"description": "Base Connection for Oracle Eloqua",
"auth": {
"specName": "Basic Authentication",
"params": {
"endpoint": "{ENDPOINT}",
"username": "{USERNAME}",
"password": "{PASSWORD}"
}
},
"connectionSpec": {
"id": "35d6c4d8-c9a9-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003",
"version": "1.0"
}
}'
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
name | The name of your Oracle Eloqua base connection. It is recommended to provide a descriptive name as you can use this value to look up your base connection. |
description | (Optional) A property that you can include to provide supplementary information on your base connection. |
auth.specName | The authentication type used for the connection. |
auth.params.endpoint | The endpoint of your Oracle Eloqua server. |
auth.params.username | The concatenated credential that includes the site name and username that corresponds with your Oracle Eloqua account. |
auth.params.password | The password that corresponds with your Oracle Eloqua account. |
connectionSpec.id | The value for the connection specification ID of the Oracle Eloqua source is fixed as: 35d6c4d8-c9a9-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003. |
Response
A successful response returns details of the newly created base connection, including its unique identifier (id). This ID is required in the next step to create a source connection.
{
"id": "2484f2df-c057-4ab5-84f2-dfc0577ab592",
"etag": "\"10033e77-0000-0200-0000-5e96785b0000\""
}