Key Approaches to Integrating with Other Applications and Systems
When choosing the right integration method, it always depends on what and how you want to integrate, and what the specific situation demands. Integration isn't just a technical matter; it needs to fit seamlessly into your entire business process for data management.
The key factors are primarily where your source data resides and how it's exchanged with the other system. This process then determines the specific requirements for your integration approach:
- Data flow direction: where data originates and where it's transferred.
- Whether data transfer is one-way or two-way (synchronization).
- Which system or application triggers the integration.
- What initiates the integration – a change in data or a scheduled time interval.
- Integration frequency – how often the integration is triggered (e.g., once a day, real-time, in batches).
Based on these considerations, the most suitable integration method is then selected.
Aptien Integration Options for Your Systems
Aptien offers an open REST API for integration, which we continuously expand with additional features and functionalities. Integrations can also be custom-developed using other methods.
Our primary and preferred method involves another application initiating the integration by leveraging Aptien's REST API. Below, we outline the available integration options and scenarios for connecting with your existing applications:
Third-Party Apps Leveraging Aptien's API
The primary and preferred method is for another application to initiate the integration by utilizing Aptien's REST API.
Aptien uses your application's API
If another application has an open, described,
and accessible API, we use that API and connect to it.
Customized integrations
If your application doesn't have an API or
the situation requires a different, non-standard solution, we solve it with custom integration. In such a situation, we look for and implement the
integration that the situation requires.
Batch filling with data
In addition to integration, another way
you can get data from or into Aptien is by using imports and exports. Using
imports, you can, like with integration, continuously update your data.