communication through API

[kareem_abbas]

I have a Remote Database and I  communicate with it through ODBC now the client is saying this is not secure and wants to communicate through API he gave us the URL to communicate, I already test it through (Postman) API tester, and I manage to read the data, but from my search Geo Scada Doesn't have an API driver what is the suggested solution to mange to read through API (Https)

[sbeadle]

The Geo SCADA ODBC connection uses a username/password to set access privileges. It also uses TLS from client to server to encrypt communications.

If you use the Geo SCADA Web server (via the IIS Reverse Proxy which uses TLS) you can access various services, including SQL, Alarms, Object interface, and Schema. Access requires a user/password login to get a cookie.

[kareem_abbas]

Dear Stephen 

what i need is how to communicate through API using GeoSCADA the remote site sent me the URL for the token and URL for the data and I managed to read it through PostMan how to read it using GeoSCADA this, for Example in Aveva (Diffrent SCADA system) they have a driver called API and they can put the parameter to read.

[sbeadle]

OK, reading it again I think you want Geo SCADA to connect to a web service for some reason. 

It's not clear if you want to send data from Geo SCADA to the web service, or read data from the web service to write into Geo SCADA?

Also what makes this happen. A timed schedule? Some event in Geo SCADA?

If this is made clear then a suitable method can be recommended. For example, writing some simple Python to make the calls.

[kareem_abbas]

what I need is that:

1. send a request to the URL, then read Token (access to the data).

2. Send a request to another URL (response will have the data in JSON format and with time stamp)

Only reading and then storing it in GeoSCADA in a point all of that through API (Application programming interface)

[sbeadle · Accepted solution]

Then this is a good example:

https://github.com/GeoSCADA/Utilities-and-Examples/blob/main/PythonSamples/WeatherToGeoSCADA.py

This will help with the Geo SCADA part.

We cannot help you here with Python and web services. You will need to go to a site like this:

https://medium.com/@yash.tewani.nyc/get-request-with-stackoverflow-api-using-a-python-script-and-pos...