Integrate your customer data with your My Account page using the API v2 Feeds
Steps to integrate your webinar data with your meeting software
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Learn how to use the API Feeds to integrate your customers' details with your My Account page.
There are many reasons you might want to integrate your accessplanit platform with a "My Account" page on your website. By synchronising your systems, you can ensure that your customers have access to their Course information and personal data all in one place, reducing the need for them to access multiple systems, removing the need for you to make manual updates in two systems, which in turn minimises the risk of errors. This not only saves valuable time for your team but also improves data accuracy in both systems!
Providing users with real-time updates on their account status, course registrations, and progress allows for better transparency and convenience. Additionally, as automating data synchronisation between your accessplanit platform and your website's "My Account" page significantly reduces the chance of human error, this means a more reliable and user-friendly experience for your customers.
As your business grows, the scalability of an integration will enable you to handle an increasing number of customers efficiently!
While there are a number of different ways to integrate your webinar data between your accessplanit platform and your [what] software, this guide will focus on how to complete this integration using the accessplanit API v2 feeds. APIs give you real-time access to your data, they keep information consistent, and can grow with your needs, supporting custom data elements. Overall, APIs are a reliable and flexible way to link different systems and services together, making everything work together more easily.
Follow this page to learn the steps to integrate the [what] data in your accessplanit platform with your [what] software using the accessplanit v2 API Feeds.
1. Prerequisites
Before you start planning the details your integration, we recommend that you make sure you have everything you need for an integration
The following steps should be followed:
Ensure your meeting software supports Integrations via an API
Explore your options for how your integration will be created (who will be developing it)
Ensure your connecting software supports Integrations via an API
Before you begin planning your integration, we recommend confirming that your [what] software will support the integration.
Explore your options for how your integration will be created (who will be developing it)
Review your options for who could develop this integration for you; you may have an internal development team, an external third party that you have worked with before, or your meeting software supplier may have developer recommendations or be able to complete the integration themselves.
2. Planning your integration
In this step you will work with your developer to plan your integration
There are two key steps for planning your website integration:
Understand common set-ups and best practice
Define what and how data will be shared within your integration
Understand common set-ups and best practice
Depending on your requirements, there are 2 key processes that can be automated for MY Account page integrations:
User details integration
Users may be created in your accessplanit platform, your website, or both! The details of new Users will need to be shared with the other system. Additional any User detail updates, such as contact information changes, should be synchronised to the other system.Delegate integration
As Users are registered onto Courses, the details of these Delegate record should be shared with the website to be included in the user’s My Account area, additionally any changes (such as cancellations) should be shared between the two systems.
Define what and how data will be shared within your integration
Once you have reviewed the common set-ups and best practice for [what] integrations above, you should define the inputs and output for integrating your courses into your website.
3. Developing & testing your integration
In this step, your developer will create the integration between the two systems
Development
Please see our dedicated developer guide to access information and guidance for working with the API v2 feeds: API v2 - Developer Resources
Testing
Depending on your development methodology, we recommend to start testing early and continue to test during the development phase, rather than leaving testing to the very end of the project. Incorporating a combination of testing types; including Unit Tests, Integration Tests, and Functionality/UAT testing is important to ensure everything is working as expected.
During your Functional testing phase, you will test your integration against it's specific functionality requirements, this testing can be combined with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) which is where your users will complete tests using real-world data to test the integration. Within this tests you should include both valid and invalid data, to ensure correct information is successful, and incorrect information fails.
FAQs
Here are some common questions that we receive about the APIs and their answers
Is the data provided by the API v2 feeds in real-time?
Yes, each API GET request you make will return real time data for that moment.Can I access historical data in the API v2 feeds?
Yes, you can adjust your filters of your request to include or exclude historical data.What data formats are supported by the API v2?
JSONHow is the data transmitted via the API to keep it secure?
The APIs can only be accessed by users with API permissions, additionally the range of access is them limited by roles, this means that not every API User can access all endpoints.How do I get access to the API v2 feeds?
Your initial API Access will be granted alongside the module purchase.
For any additional API Users please speak to your Optimise CSM and they will ensure your access is set up promptly.
Support
If you need any further support with building an integration with your finance system using the API Feeds, here are the steps to get in touch with us