Smartconnector LON/Vista objects with REST?

[Evren]

Smart connector with Endpoint SBO Rest Provider. Does it expose LON objects under the EBO to the 3rd party should the read-only access rights given for the entire database? 

[JeffBowman · Accepted solution]

Hi!

There are two rest providers that can in some way interact with EBO, the SboEwsRestProvider, and the SoapEwsRestProvider. The SoapEwsRestProvider is the recommended way to do this, as this REST provider is completely based on EWS on the backend, and can access all the objects in the database (including LON).

The SboEwsRestProvider is a hybrid provider based partly on EWS, and partly on CSP (EBO's native server communication protocol). However, because it is partly based on CSP, it is very quirky, and unless there is a specific need to use it, we generally have people use the SoapEwsRestProvider. One of the quirks is that you need to explicitly add in EBO's database which object types you want to support, so as you are seeing LON isn't there by default. There are additional quirks as well that make it so using it is generally more trouble than it is worth.

I would recommend trying to use the SoapEwsRestProvider and see if that gives you all the functionality you are looking for.

Best Regards,

-Jeff