Exposing Data to External Sources

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From what I understand the procedure outlined here community.telligent.com/.../exposing-data-to-external-sources can be used to expose my custom data from a SQL database, and to create a REST endpoint to consume via JavaScript on the client-side. I have a couple of questions regarding this: 1. Would this be a class library, which would produce a DLL to be dropped in the BIN folder, or something else? 2. What classes need to be implemented? 3. How and where does the database communication take place i.e where do you specify what stored procedures, tables, fields, etc would be involved? 
 Any further explanation of the process would be appreciated.

Ben Tiedt · Accepted Answer

Unknown said: 1. Would this be a class library, which would produce a DLL to be dropped in the BIN folder, or something else? 
 Yes. I'd recommend reading much of the Developer Training documentation, but specifically:

Setting Up Your Development Environment

Its one thing to learn how to develop components on the community platform, but none of that is really helpful unless you know how to get started. This guide will give you some advice on how to setup your…

Last edited over 4 years ago in Verint Community 11.x > Developer Training

This will help get you started. 
 Unknown said: 2. What classes need to be implemented? 
 This is detailed in the article I already provided:

Exposing Data to External Sources

When creating new content, applications, and/or other custom data and services within Verint Community, you can expose those services for external integration via REST. This offers immense flexibility…

Last edited over 4 years ago in Verint Community 11.x > Developer Training

I recommend following that article as it if was a tutorial and work through the example yourself. 
 Unknown said: 3. How and where does the database communication take place i.e where do you specify what stored procedures, tables, fields, etc would be involved? 
 This is up to you. When implementing a plugin, you have access to the full .net development environment to interact with data sources. The plugin is the class that Community uses to include your custom functionality (loading data from a database, for example). 
 
 If you need additional help, our services group does offer developer training.

Exposing Data to External Sources

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