Configuring the Adapter for Alchemy

In this section:

Configuring the adapter consists of specifying connection information and if necessary, authentication information for at least one connection.


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Declaring Connection Attributes

How to:

Reference:

In order to access the Alchemy RESTful Web Service provider hosting the target web service, the adapter requires connection information.

You supply this information using the SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. You can:

You can declare connections to more than one web services provider by including multiple SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES commands.



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Procedure: How to Declare Connection Attributes

You can configure the adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console menu bar, click Adapters.

    or

    From the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    The Adapters folder opens.

  2. Expand the Available folder, if it is not already expanded.
  3. Expand the appropriate group folder and the specific adapter folder. The group folder is described in the connection attributes reference.
  4. Right-click the adapter name and/or version and select Configure.

    The Add Adapter to Configuration pane opens.

  5. Enter values for the parameters required by the adapter, as described in the connection attributes reference.
  6. Click Configure. The configured adapter is added to the Adapters list in the navigation pane.


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Reference: Connection Attributes for the Adapter for Alchemy

The Adapter for Alchemy is under the Social Media group folder.

Connect parameters

Connection name

Logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes. The default is CON01.

Alchemy Url

Is the part of the URL that is common for calling the functionality of a particular Alchemy Web Service. The default value is http://access.alchemyapi.com/calls/text.

API Key

Is the API Key for your licensed version of Alchemy.

Advanced HTTP connection options

Select profile

Is the profile where the connection will be stored. The default value is edaprof.


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