Level of Difficulty: Intermediate – Senior. UiPath Data Service has become a sophisticated way to encapsulate data and information used in automation solutions within the UiPath platform without needing to invest in additional infrastructure. The power that data enables which ties everything together is the ability to integrate and visualise the available data. For this,Continue reading “[UiPath] Setting up a Power BI Custom Connector for UiPath Data Service”
Category Archives: API
[Automation] GitHub (and Enterprise) API Versus Azure DevOps API
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate – Senior. There are so many really good and useful resources made available on how to use the GitHub API. A lot of work has gone into integrating Azure DevOps and GitHub into automation projects and this is done through their APIs. I have found certain Azure DevOps functions to beContinue reading “[Automation] GitHub (and Enterprise) API Versus Azure DevOps API”
[Automation] Making a SOAP API Call in Python, Using a Session Key
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. Let’s say you’re working on a system that needs to query a legacy SOAP API. Although SOAP APIs are becoming more scarce as REST and Open Data APIs are taking the world by storm, the reality is that SOAP APIs still exist and are still used. In most SOAPContinue reading “[Automation] Making a SOAP API Call in Python, Using a Session Key”
[Automation] Starting a K2 Workflow from UiPath
Level of Difficulty: Beginner – Senior. UiPath has written an activity (UiPath.K2.Activities) that starts a K2 workflow. It seems quite simple at first; the only input properties that it expects are the service URL, username, password and workflow ID. It was ideal for what I was trying to achieve, until it wouldn’t load my workflowsContinue reading “[Automation] Starting a K2 Workflow from UiPath”