Creating APIs for SAP SQL Anywhere with DreamFactory

Step 1: Select your database

Then, from the Service Type dropdown, select the SAP SQL Anywhere connector. Next, you’ll 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

Finally, click on the Config tab. Here you’ll be prompted to provide the database connection credentials. 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. For the purpose of this tutorial I’ll stick to the required fields and leave the optional features untouched.

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!

So what happens in the background is DreamFactory not only generates the API but also generates the corresponding documentation and security controls. From here, navigate to the API Docs to access all your REST API endpoints, interact with tables and views, explore the schema, and utilize HTTP functionalities (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE) and more.

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