Connecting from RAD Studio

The CData FireDAC Components for REST implement the standard FireDAC classes and integrate REST into RAD Studio wizards. You can access the components from the RAD Studio Tool Palette and use the components alongside standard FireDAC classes like TFDQuery, TFDManager, and TFDConnection.

Connecting from REST

See Establishing a Connection to connect with the Data Explorer and FireDAC Connection Editor wizards.

RAD Studio Version Support

RAD Studio 10.4 (Sydney) and above are supported.

REST Version Support

The component 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 component 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.

Dependencies

CData FireDAC components require the 2010 version of the VC++ (x86/x64) redistributable package that matches the bitness of RAD Studio being used. You can download this from Microsoft:

2010 VC++ Redistributable package download Note: The appropriate VC++ redistributable package requires distribution with the deployed application.

See Also

• See Creating VCL Applications to use the Form Designer to create a simple VCL application that queries REST.
• See Writing Data Access Code to create TFDConnection objects. See Connection Definitions for other ways to create connections, with TFDManager for example.
• See Using the FireDAC Components for REST-specific examples of executing prepared statements, discovering schemas, and writing other data access code.