Create an Oracle Eloqua 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 Oracle Eloqua using the Flow Service API.
Getting Started
This guide requires a working understanding of the following components of Platform:
- Sources: Platform allows data to be ingested from various sources while providing you with the ability to structure, label, and enhance incoming data using Platform services.
- Sandboxes: Platform provides virtual sandboxes which partition a single 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:
endpoint
username
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
connectionSpec.id
35d6c4d8-c9a9-11eb-b8bc-0242ac130003
.For more information on authentication credentials for Oracle Eloqua, see the Oracle Eloqua guide on authentication.
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 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"
}
}'
name
description
auth.specName
auth.params.endpoint
auth.params.username
auth.params.password
connectionSpec.id
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\""
}
Next steps
By following this tutorial, you have created an Oracle Eloqua base connection using the Flow Service API. You can use this base connection ID in the following tutorials: