Creating APIs for IBM Informix with Dreamfactory

Welcome to our blog post on DreamFactory's IBM Informix Storage connector! In this post, we will explore how DreamFactory's IBM Informix Storage connector simplifies API generation with its speed, security, and scalability.

Unlocking the Power of IBM Informix Storage

IBM Informix is a versatile and high-performance relational database management system from IBM, renowned for its ability to efficiently manage both SQL and NoSQL/JSON data, including time-series and spatial data. It is highly scalable, making it suitable for both small and large-scale applications. Informix stands out for its time series data management capabilities, low administrative requirements, and robust security features. It offers flexible deployment options, including on-premises and cloud environments, and is equipped with advanced features for high availability and disaster recovery.

Generating the IBM Informix Storage API

To commence generating your IBM Informix REST API, you’ll login to the DreamFactory administration interface, navigate to API Generation & Connections and then enter the service creation interface by clicking on the Database dropdown button under the API Types submenu. Then, press the + button to start building your API!

From there you’ll select the IBM Informix service type by finding the Informix option or by searching for it in the search bar.

Step 1: Select your database

Step 1: Select your database

Here you will be prompted to provide a name, label, and description. The latter two are used just for reference purposes within the administration interface, however the name value is particularly important because as you’ll soon see it will comprise part of the API URL.

Step 2: Provide a name, label, and description for your database

Step 2: Provide a name, label, and description for your database

Then, you’ll be prompted to provide the database connection credentials after pressing ‘next.’. This should really be nothing new; you’ll supply a host name, username, password, and database. Additionally, you can optionally specify other configuration characteristics such as driver options, the time zone, and caching preferences.

Step 3: Enter database connection credentials

Step 3: Enter database connection credentials

With the credentials in place, just press the Save button at the bottom of the screen, and believe it or not the REST API has been generated!

Instant API Documentation

DreamFactory provides robust API documentation capabilities, automatically generating comprehensive, interactive API docs for every generated API. These docs are available through a web-based interface, allowing developers to explore endpoints, view parameter details, and test API calls directly within the documentation. This feature ensures that APIs are easy to understand, use, and integrate, significantly reducing development time and enhancing collaboration across teams. The documentation is continuously updated to reflect any changes in the API, ensuring accuracy and reliability.

Step 4: Interact with your auto-generated API Documentation to find the curl command & request URL

Step 4: Interact with your auto-generated API Documentation to find the curl command & request URL

Security & Integration with other Services

As with all DreamFactory REST APIs you will have to secure your IBM Informix Storage database with minimum role based access controls before it can be made public. You can also add headers, add service definitions and script some powerful automated workflows with the DreamFactory scripting engine.

In a few short minutes you can have your IBM Informix Storage ready to integrate alongside any number of other Enterprise applications, data sources or network APIs. DreamFactory also allows you to create, mount and manage any number of third party REST APIs with ease under a unified admin dashboard.

About DreamFactory

Want to know more about how we can help you create, secure and deploy your IBM Informix Storage? DreamFactory is an API generation platform that can help your business secure data and get information into the hands of those that need it the most.

Ready to get started? You can build an API in minutes with your existing database or take a test drive with our sample data. Sign up for a 14-Day Free Trial and start creating your APIs today.