Building, Implementing, and Testing an OData V2 API

Build an OData v2 REST API with APIkit for OData and the MySQL walkthrough: generate flows from RAML types, connect to a sample database, and exercise HTTP and OData endpoints. The OData MySQL example packages a working Maven project you import into Anypoint Studio.

Before You Begin

Install this software to create and use an OData REST API with APIkit:

OData Plugin
Mule runtime engine 4.1.1 or later
Anypoint Studio 7.1.4 or later

Additionally, you must download the OData example entity data model.

Implement an OData v2 API Using the APIkit OData Extension

This section walks through implementing an OData-enabled REST API:

In Studio, select File > New > Mule Project.
In the Project Name field, type the name of your Mule project.
Click Finish.
Copy the odata.raml file you downloaded in the prerequisites section to the /src/main/resources/api directory in your project.
In the project explorer, right-click odata.raml and select Mule > Generate OData API from RAML Types.
The OData extension generates the necessary files for your OData API implementation:

1	Mule configuration file with the flows for the API implementation
2	Generated RAML definition
3	Generated RAML libraries

Add the necessary logic for your API implementation in the flows.

OData MySQL Example

The OData MySQL example is a fully functional OData API packaged as a Maven project. In this example, the data source, the app, and the service are local.

First, you install a MySQL database and load tables using a provided script. Next, you import the compressed project into Studio, which includes a MySQL database driver. You can examine the flows to see how to implement the endpoints you need by accessing the data. Then you run the project and call the REST and OData services.

Install and Populate a MySQL Database

Install a MySQL database and launch MySQL.
Download the MySQL project example apikit-odata-example-main.jar.
Run the example.sql script located in src/main/resources using MySQL commands to load data into a database named apikit-odata-example.

Implement the OData API

In Studio, Select File > Import.
Select Anypoint Studio > Packaged mule application (.jar) > Next.
Browse for the apikit-odata-example-main.jar file and click Finish.

In Studio, edit the mule-configuration.properties file in the src/main/resources folder, and set the following properties to access the local MySQL database:

ds.db.port=3306
ds.db.user=<your MySQL user name>
ds.db.host=<your MySQL host name>
ds.db.database=apikit-odata-example
ds.db.password=<your MySQL password>

Run the API locally by right-clicking the project, and selecting Run As > Mule Application.

You can now access the REST and OData Service.

Access the REST and OData Service

To run the API locally:

Right-click the project, and select Run As > Mule Application.
Access the REST and OData Service by using the following URLs:
- REST API: /api
- OData API: /api/odata.svc
  
  The following examples cover a few of the many REST calls and OData queries you can use.

Retrieve a List of Customers

Call the REST API to retrieve the list of customers:

http://localhost:8081/api/customers

The response is:

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "ContactName": "Maria Anders",
      "ContactTitle": "Sales Representative",
      "CompanyName": "Alfreds Futterkiste",
      "CustomerID": ""
    },
    {
      "ContactName": "Maria Anders",
      "ContactTitle": "Sales Representative",
      "CompanyName": "Alfreds Futterkiste",
      "CustomerID": "ALFKI"
    },
  ]
}

Access a Description of the OData Service

Get information about the collections behind this service:

http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc

The response is:

<service xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2007/app" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app" xml:base="http://localhost:8081">
  <workspace>
    <atom:title>Default</atom:title>
    <collection href="customers">
      <atom:title>customers</atom:title>
    </collection>
    <collection href="orders">
      <atom:title>orders</atom:title>
    </collection>
  </workspace>
</service>

Get OData Service Metadata

The service metadata exposes the structure of OData service resources, operations, and EDM for a given service.

Get the metadata for HTTP services:

http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/$metadata

The response aligns with the odata.raml EDM you used to build the HTTP Services API example:

<edmx:Edmx xmlns:edmx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/06/edmx" Version="1.0">
<edmx:DataServices xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" m:DataServiceVersion="2.0">
<Schema xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2008/09/edm" Namespace="odata2.namespace">
<EntityType Name="customers">
<Key>
<PropertyRef Name="CustomerID"/>
</Key>
<Property Name="CompanyName" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="true" MaxLength="40" Unicode="false"/>
<Property Name="ContactName" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="true" MaxLength="30" Unicode="false"/>
<Property Name="ContactTitle" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="true" MaxLength="30" Unicode="false"/>
<Property Name="CustomerID" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false" MaxLength="5" Unicode="false"/>
</EntityType>
<EntityType Name="orders">
<Key>
<PropertyRef Name="OrderID"/>
<PropertyRef Name="ShipName"/>
</Key>
<Property Name="Freight" Type="Edm.Decimal" Nullable="true" Precision="3" Scale="3" Unicode="false"/>
...

Create a Customer Entity Using OData Service

Create a POST request with the following body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<entry xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<content type="application/xml">
    <m:properties>
    <d:CustomerID>BOTTM</d:CustomerID>
    <d:CompanyName>Bottom-Dollar Markets</d:CompanyName>
    <d:ContactName>Elizabeth Lincoln</d:ContactName>
    <d:ContactTitle>Accounting Manager</d:ContactTitle>
    </m:properties>
</content>
</entry>

The request must have the following headers:

Content-Type: application/xml
Accept: application/xml

Call the REST API to create a customer entity:

http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/customers

Query the Data Source

Issue OData queries to get the list of customers in XML and JSON format:

http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/customers
http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/customers?$format=json

Issue an OData query to get the tenth customer in the customer list:

http://localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/customers?$format=json&$top=1&$skip=10&$inlinecount=allpages

The response is:

{
    "d": {
        "results": [
            {
                "__metadata": {
                    "uri": "http:/localhost:8081/api/odata.svc/customers('BOTTM')",
                    "type": "odata2.namespace.customers"
                },
                "CompanyName": "Bottom-Dollar Markets",
                "ContactName": "Elizabeth Lincoln",
                "ContactTitle": "Accounting Manager",
                "CustomerID": "BOTTM"
            }
        ],
        "__count": "98"
    }
}

Implement Endpoints for an OData API

You can implement API endpoints such as the get:/customers:config and get:/orders:config flows using Anypoint Studio. The output format of the flows must be JSON. For more information, see the complete functioning example.

Declare Input Variables for a GET

Declare a variable for the APIkit OData Service variable that contains the fields of your entity in a list of strings (List<String>). For example:
```
var entityFields = vars.odata.fields
```
Declare a variable for the APIkit OData Service variable that filters into 'http.query.params'. For example:
```
var filters = attributes.queryParams
```
Declare a variable for the APIkit OData Service variable that contains the keys of your entity. For example:
```
var keys = vars.odata.keyNames
```
Declare a variable for the APIkit OData Service variable that contains the table name. For example:
```
var remoteEntityName = vars.odata.remoteEntityName
```

Declare Input Variables for a POST

Declare a variable for the APIkit OData Service inbound property that contains the entity’s name:
```
var remoteEntityName = vars.odata.remoteEntityName
```
Declare a variable for transforming your payload into something like this: { myKey1: 'myValue1', myKey2: 'myValue2'}.
```
var valuesFromPayload = {
  keys: payload pluck $$,
  values: payload pluck "'$'"
}
```

Declare two variables, and use 'joinBy' to transform your keys and values into comma-separated-values (CSV). For example:

var columns = ( (valuesFromPayload.keys map "`$`" ) joinBy ", ") // myKey1, myKey2
var values = (valuesFromPayload.values joinBy ", ") // 'myValue1', 'myValue2'

Format Output

The output for each flow must conform to the following format:

{
  "entries":
  [
    {<entry1>},
    {<entry2>},
    {<entryN>}
  ]
}

Building, Implementing, and Testing an OData V2 API

Before You Begin

Implement an OData v2 API Using the APIkit OData Extension

OData MySQL Example

Install and Populate a MySQL Database

Implement the OData API

Access the REST and OData Service

Retrieve a List of Customers

Access a Description of the OData Service

Get OData Service Metadata

Create a Customer Entity Using OData Service

Query the Data Source

Implement Endpoints for an OData API

Declare Input Variables for a GET

Declare Input Variables for a POST

Format Output

See Also