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Overview

Connectors in Bizagi are portable modules that allow you to extend the functionality in terms of integrating to another systems or application, as described at Bizagi Connectors.

In addition to using available connectors from the Connectors Xchange, you can create your own connectors either by modifying any of the existing ones, or by creating it from scratch.

To install or customize a connector already available, refer to Connectors Xchange.

 

Types of connectors

There are two types of connectors you can create:

 

1. Easy REST connectors

This type of connectors require no code (does not require expert programming skills) since these use a proprietary REST framework (Bizagi Ltd), which connects to those APIs providing standard authentication mechanisms and most common authentication methods.

When possible, you should always create Easy REST connectors because they will rely on Bizagi features, and therefore make use of best performance and concurrency practices already implemented by Bizagi.

 

 

2. Custom connectors

This type of connectors let you to include any third-party libraries and write your own code (and for instance connect to anything in particular, such as MS Excel).

Should be the choice when the external system's API does not offer a standard or supported authentication mechanism as provided by Bizagi's proprietary framework.

 

 

 

To learn more how to create connectors, refer to Connector Editor user interface explained.

To start creating your own connectors, it is strongly recommended that you first go through the considerations described at Connectors concepts and guidelines.