IoT Platform:Configure an API data source

Procedure

1. In the IoT Platform console, click Overview. On the Overview tab, find the instance that you want to manage and click the instance ID or the instance name.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Data Service > Data Access. On the Data Access page, click API.

3. On the API tab, click Create API Data Source.

4. In the Create API Data Source dialog box, configure the parameters and click OK. The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   API Data Source Name	The name of the API data source. The name can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), and parentheses (). The name cannot exceed 30 characters in length.
   Description	The description of the API data source. The description cannot exceed 100 characters in length.
   Export Data to Custom Storage Table	Yes (Select Custom Storage Table) Note After you bind a custom storage table, you cannot use a data parsing task to write data to the table. No (Data Parsing Required)
   Custom Storage Table	If you set the Export Data to Custom Storage Table parameter to Yes (Select Custom Storage Table), you must select a custom storage table. Note You cannot select custom storage tables that are not initialized or are in use.

5. On the API tab, find the API data source that you created and click Debugging in the Actions column. You are redirected to the configuration page of the AddDataForApiSource operation in the OpenAPI Explorer console. You can call the AddDataForApiSource operation to import third-party data to IoT Platform. Data that is imported to IoT Platform by calling the AddDataForApiSource operation is called data of API data sources. On the SDK Sample Code tab, click SDK Information. The SDK Information panel displays information about the corresponding SDK, including the SDK name and the SDK package version.

Optional operations

After you create an API data source, go to the API tab, find the API data source that you created, and then click Edit or Delete in the Actions column to perform the corresponding operation on the API data source.