# Connection Guides **URL:** https://forum.alumio.com/c/ipaas-documentation/connection-guides/143.md [Latest](https://forum.alumio.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.alumio.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.alumio.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Connection Guides category](https://forum.alumio.com/t/about-the-connection-guides-category/214)
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Guides on setting up connections (Using Connector Packages, FTP, REST, Webhooks, SOAP). --- ## [Connecting to a Filesystem (s\\FTP, Google, Local)](https://forum.alumio.com/t/connecting-to-a-filesystem-s-ftp-google-local/215)
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Table Of Contents Introduction Step 1: Create a Filesystem Step 2: Test the connection Step 3: Interacting with the filesystem Step 3a: Creating an incoming configuration Step 3b: Creating an outgoing configuration I… --- ## [Using Webhooks within integrations](https://forum.alumio.com/t/using-webhooks-within-integrations/217)
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Table Of Contents Introduction Step 1: Create an incoming configuration Step 2: Create a webhook Step 2a: Setting the basics Step 3: Testing the webhook Introduction A Webhook enables a web service that makes it pos… --- ## [Connecting to a SOAP API](https://forum.alumio.com/t/connecting-to-a-soap-api/218)
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Table Of Contents Introduction Step 1: Create a SOAP Client Step 1a: Setting the basics Step 1b: Setting the WSDL Step 1c: Configuring the SOAP endpoint Besides the configuration above, there are more optional configur… --- ## [Connecting to a REST API](https://forum.alumio.com/t/connecting-to-a-rest-api/216)
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Table Of Contents Introduction Step 1: Create an HTTP Client Step 1a: Setting the basics Step 1b: Configuring plugins (Optional) Step 1c: Setting up HTTP authentications Step 2: Interacting with the HTTP client Step… --- ## [Testing connections of HTTP/SOAP Clients and Filesystems](https://forum.alumio.com/t/testing-connections-of-http-soap-clients-and-filesystems/637)
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Table of contents Introduction The “Testing connections” option Introduction Testing connections allows you to create tests for different clients or filesystems. Alumio offers testing connections in separate modules: … --- ## [How to prevent a process from failing when an HTTP request receives an error response](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-prevent-a-process-from-failing-when-an-http-request-receives-an-error-response/1145)
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Table of contents Introduction Guide Introduction By default, Alumio will stop a process if it sends a request HTTP request to a web service and it returns an error. The error means the web service returns a response w… --- ## [How to validate webhook requests using signatures](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-validate-webhook-requests-using-signatures/654)
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Table of contents Introduction Workflow for validation of webhook calls How to use a generic signature validator for Webhooks Introduction If you have ever created an integration between your and another platform that … --- ## [Read, Write, Acknowledge & Validate EDI messages files from SFTP](https://forum.alumio.com/t/read-write-acknowledge-validate-edi-messages-files-from-sftp/341)
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This topic will guide you through retrieving .EDI files using an FTP / SFTP connection. And more importantly, how to parse and deserialize this data. Incoming configuration When following this guide you should be famil… --- ## [How to use a database publisher (insert data in database)](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-use-a-database-publisher-insert-data-in-database/270)
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In order to publish data to ​a database, you can use Database Publisher in ​an outgoing configuration. Below are some samples ​you can use. ​ In order to use the Database Publisher, you need to restructure your data s… --- ## [Signature in Magento Oauth1 Authentication](https://forum.alumio.com/t/signature-in-magento-oauth1-authentication/525)
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Table of contents Introduction Magento 2 integration Oauth1 authentication signature Introduction Some of the Magento 2 integration Oauth1 authentication items can require a signature. To make you aware of what exactly… --- ## [How To Use The Alumio Connector Packages](https://forum.alumio.com/t/how-to-use-the-alumio-connector-packages/219)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Alumio Connector Package- Incoming Configurations A Brief Explanation Of Request Parameters (For Better Understanding) Alumio Connector Package- Outgoing Configurations Closing Note I…