Json and REST in the BizTalk World

INTEGRATION DAY 2015

Steef-Jan WiggersJSON and REST in the BizTalk World

Steef-Jan Wiggers

Microsoft Integration Consultant• Microsoft Integration MVP• Published Author• (Inter)national Speaker• TechNet Wiki Author• Classroom Instructor• Blogger• Forums• Runner• 12th Man

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Why this talk?

ToFrom

CAPEXPC/WebKeyboard/MouseData from users and customersTransacted local workflowRun in one data centerData centralized

OPEXRuns on mobile deviceTouch, voice and sensorsData from people, devices & systemsOrchestrated global servicesHybrid cloud realityData Distributed

The New Hybrid World

BizTalk Server

serversmainfram

edatabase

sapplication

s

Your Data Center

Service BusApp Service

PartnersSaaSApps

Windows Azure

SOAP/XML

REST/JSON

Modern integration Enterprise apps on-premises and in cloud Many different endpoints Integration is key

Enterprise B

Enterprise A

Integration for the coming years

Multiple reasons for on premise integration to continue

Many mission critical applications that are hard to redesignand/or migrate

Focus on application integration instead of infrastructure

Connect to the Cloud

REST and JSONRepresentational State Transfer

HTTP METHODS: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE

Resources: Data, files, methods

Where: URL

based

How: HTTP

What: Up to you

• JavaScript Object Notation– Fast, less verbose, evaluate

{ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "address": { "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "postalCode": 10021 }, "phoneNumbers": [ "212 555-1234", "646 555-4567" ] }

Name/Value Pairs

Number data typeString

Array

Child properties

Demo

Client

Message Sender

Airport Application BizTalk Server 2013 R2

Message Reciever

WCF-BasicHttpWCF-WebHttp

http://www.faa.gov/airports/

REST

json

jsonxml

Archive Pipeline

Tracking

Message Sender

Lastfm client BizTalk Server 2013 R2

Message Reciever

WCF-BasicHttp WCF-WebHttp

REST

SOAP/XML

Json or XML LastFm API

Demo

DEMO SummaryProtocol mediation:

SOAP to REST

Different formatsJSON to XML

BehaviourConsuming a REST EndpointInteraction with Cloud API

Demo

BizTalk Server 2013 R2

ODS

Web page

Gather/Enrich

DEMO SummaryMore complex hybrid scenario

Particular role for BizTalk ServerMany variations possibleData enrichment/distribution

BizTalk Server 2013 R2JSON SupportEvolved product from connectivity view point

Hybrid scenariosLeveraging Cloud API’sNew ways of integration

Recap

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INTEGRATION DAY 2015

Thank you and have great day!