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Analyze Basecamp Data in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of Basecamp data and visualize live Basecamp data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server and Basecamp ADO.NET Provider to build dynamic dashboards from live Basecamp data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for Basecamp, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to Basecamp in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to Basecamp from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "Basecamp"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Basecamp.
Basecamp uses basic or OAuth 2.0 authentication. To use basic authentication you will need the user and password that you use for logging in to Basecamp. To authenticate to Basecamp via OAuth 2.0, obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with Basecamp.
See the Getting Started section in the help documentation for a connection guide.
Additionally, specify the AccountId connection property. This can be copied from the URL after you log in.
Add Basecamp Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to Basecamp, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for Basecamp data.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the Basecamp connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to Basecamp from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the Basecamp Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize Basecamp data in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live Basecamp data. For more information on creating OData feeds from Basecamp (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live Basecamp data in tools that consume OData APIs.
