1) Overview of APISpark (5’) 2) Google Spreadsheet wrapper (5’) 3) Hands-on lab (40’) - Sign in to APISpark - Prepare the Google Spreadsheet - Create the Data Store wrapper - Export the Custom Web API

1. TURN YOUR GOOGLE SPREADSHEET
INTO A CUSTOM API
Full stack PaaS for web APIs
http://apispark.com
May 27, 2014

2. PRESENTER
ENTREPRENEUR AND WEB API EXPERT
Jérôme LOUVEL
 CEO of Restlet
 12 years of experience in software (EU and US)
 Restlet Framework creator (2005)
 JAX-RS 1.0 expert in JCP (JSR-311)
 Contributor to “RESTful Web Services” (O’Reilly)
 Co-author of “Restlet in Action” (Manning)
Contact
 jlouvel@restlet.com
 Twitter : @jlouvel
 Blog : blog.restlet.com

3. AGENDA
 1) Overview of APISpark (5’)
 2) Google Spreadsheet wrapper (5’)
 3) Hands-on lab (40’)
– Sign in to APISpark
– Prepare the Google Spreadsheet
– Create the Data Store wrapper
– Export the Custom Web API

4. 1) OVERVIEW OF APISPARK

5. WEB API PROJECT
TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE
Create Host Manage Use Promote
1) Do It Yourself (DIY)
long, risky, expensive but highly flexible
2) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
integrated, fast, cost effective

6. APISPARK PLATFORM
AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC BETA
Send us your feed-back
and help us making it the
best PaaS for Web APIs !

7. COMPOSING APISPARK CELLS
Entity Store File Store
Custom API
Java iOS JS
HTTP HTTP

8. STRUCTURE OF WEB APIS
API Contract
Implementation
Runtime
Web API
template
Complete
web API
HTTP HTTPS

9. SOCIAL LOGIN

10. YOUR DASHBOARD

11. ENTITY STORE CREATION

12. ENTITY PROPERTIES

13. 2) GOOGLE SPREADSHEET WRAPPER

14. REEXPOSING A SPREADSHEET
Entity Store
Custom API
HTTP HTTP
Google Spreadsheet

15. MAPPING TABLE
Google Docs APISpark
Spread sheet Entity Store
Work sheet * Entity *
Column * Entity property *
First row Entity property names
Next rows Entity instances

16. FEATURES
 Work in both read and write modes
– your data always stays in sync
 Your data can be updated
– directly in the Google Spreadsheet
– via the Custom Web APIs
 Additional security layer
– your main Google password isn’t exposed
– you control who has access to the custom API

17. 3) HANDS-ON LAB

18. YOUR STEPS
1. Prepare the Google Spreadsheet
2. Configure the Entity Store Wrapper
3. Deploy the Web API
4. Invoke the Web API
 Follow this detailed tutorial
– https://apispark.com/docs/tutorials/google-
spreadsheet

19. 1. PREPARE THE GOOGLE SPREADSHEET

20. 2. CONFIGURE THE ENTITY STORE WRAPPER

21. ENABLE 2-STEPS AUTHENTICATION !
ON YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT

22. TEST YOUR GOOGLE CREDENTIALS

23. IMPORT A SPREAD SHEET

24. UPDATE WORK SHEETS

25. ADD ENTITIES

26. DISPLAY WRAPPED ENTITIES

27. UPDATE MAPPING IF NECESSARY

28. DEPLOY YOUR ENTITY STORE

29. 3. DEPLOY THE WEB API

30. DISPLAY EXPORTED CUSTOM API

31. DEPLOY THE CUSTOM API

32. 4. INVOKE THE WEB API

33. KEEP IN TOUCH!
http://restlet.com
http://blog.restlet.com
Twitter: @jlouvel
jlouvel@restlet.com
Leading web API platform for Java