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Anything elseConnector
Connect any REST API to city systems
Plenty of city systems have a REST API but no pre-built connector: a niche permitting add-on, a state reporting portal, a parking vendor or an in-house app. The Any REST / JSON API connection covers them.
Plain API
Any REST / JSON API
- Tier
- Plain API
- Category
- Anything else
- Sign-in
- API token (Bearer)
- Paging
- single response
§ Overview
What connecting Any REST does.
Give SentraBridge the base address and how the API signs in, then set paths in each step. Flows read any GET path, write with POST, PUT, PATCH or DELETE, and can read only changes with a changed-since parameter. Like every connection, records pass through in memory.
- Custom paths: Read any GET path; follow the API's paging.
- Writes: POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE with a JSON body built from mapped fields.
- Changes only: Read records changed since the last run with the API's changed-since parameter.
What SentraBridge can do with Any REST / JSON API
| resource | read | write | changes only | fields |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom paths | any GET path | POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE | with a changed-since parameter | Fields from the response |
§ Use cases
What cities connect Any REST for.
State reporting portal
Monthly counts from the city database are posted to a state agency's REST endpoint instead of re-keyed by staff.
In-house app to 311
Requests from a department's own web app are turned into Sentra 311 requests through the app's API.
Vendor without a connector
Start with Any REST API, then import the vendor's OpenAPI file later to get fields and paging filled in.
§ How it works
How to connect Any REST
- 01Get accessGet the API base address and an account or key from the vendor.
- 02Add the connectionPick sign-in: none, Bearer token, header key, username and password, or OAuth.
- 03Preview real recordsSet the path in a Get records or Send records step.
- 04Turn it onPreview the response and map the fields you need.
§ Often connected with
Any REST and the rest of city hall.
Systems cities commonly connect with Any REST, each with its own connector page.
Sentra 311§ FAQ
Any REST integration questions
Can SentraBridge connect to an API that isn't listed?
Yes. Any REST/JSON API works with this connection. If the vendor has an OpenAPI or Swagger file, importing it fills in resources, fields and paging.
Which sign-in methods are supported?
No sign-in, a Bearer token, an API key header, username and password, and OAuth client credentials.
What if the API is only reachable inside our network?
Use the SentraBridge relay. It runs next to the internal API, calls out over HTTPS only, and needs no inbound firewall ports.
§ Next
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