How to use IBM App Connect with community connectors

IBM® Automation Explorer provides a repository of shared assets to help you automate your work. These assets include App Connect community connectors, IBM-developed App Connect connectors, and shared connectors that you can use in IBM Event Automation.

Availability:
  • App Connect Enterprise as a Service connector
  • A local connector in a Designer instance of IBM App Connect in containers (Continuous Delivery release)Local connector in containers (Continuous Delivery release) 12.0.7.0-r2 or later
  • A local connector in a Designer instance of IBM App Connect in containers (Support Cycle 2)Local connector in containers (Long Term Support Cycle-2 release)

To view the published community connectors in IBM Automation Explorer, go to the App Connect Designer Connect > Applications and APIs page (previously the Catalog page) and click Browse the community connectors.

"Browse the community connectors" and Connector Development Kit links on the Catalog page

When you find a community connector that you want to use in your flows, download it, then import it into the App Connect Designer Applications and APIs page.

IBM maintains and supports IBM-developed connectors in IBM Automation Explorer. To get support for community-developed connectors, use the App Connect discussion forum on IBM Community.

If you don't see a connector that you need in IBM Automation Explorer, you can develop your own and share it with the community. Create a connector by using the Connector Development Kit, which is a component of IBM Automation Explorer. After you create and test your connector, you submit it to IBM for approval and publishing.

For more information, see Adding or creating community connectors.