Connecting to REST

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to REST and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for REST provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Visual Studio Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for REST supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for REST supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

REST Version Support

The provider models REST APIs as bidirectional database tables and XML/JSON files as views (local files, files stored on popular cloud services, and FTP servers). The provider abstracts connecting to remote data as well as data processing: TLS/SSL, HTTP/FTP, and authentication. The major authentication schemes are supported, including HTTP Basic, Digest, NTLM, OAuth, and FTP.

See Also

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the REST connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to REST and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to REST from generic ADO.NET code.