Building Custom Connectors — Roadmap Step & Resources
Building a reusable connector when no off-the-shelf integration exists for a client's system
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 2 days
- Roadmap: Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Before this step
Mini projects
- Build a connector that syncs data between two dissimilar systems
Study resources
- Building a Custom API Connector (Article) — IBM's data mapping guide, foundational to building a connector that bridges two dissimilar systems.
- REST API Integration Explained (Video) — A widely-watched conceptual explanation of designing integrations between systems.
- dbt Documentation (Article) — Official documentation for dbt, covering transformation, testing and project structure. Background reading/viewing for: Building Custom Connectors.
- Airbyte Documentation (Article) — Official documentation comparing managed ELT connector options. Relevant to: Building Custom Connectors.
Part of
- Integration Engineering — section
- Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) roadmap — the full learning path