Creating a connector from scratch

If you don't have an OpenAPI document, you can create a connector from scratch.

To create a connector from scratch, complete the following steps:

1. Log in to your Connector Development Kit instance.

2. On the Connector Development Kit home page, click Create a connector.

   The Create a connector page is displayed.

3. From the 'Import or discover' view, select Create connector from scratch, then click Next.

4. From the 'Add connector metadata' view:

   a. Enter a name for the application and optionally add a description.

   b. In the Category field, select a category for your connector. Categories are used to filter connectors when they are published to IBM Automation Explorer.

   c. In the image section, click the Edit icon to add an image for your connector or use the default app image that is provided by the Connector Development Kit.

   d. Specify a version for your connector. For more information, see Connector versioning.

5. Click Create.

   The Actions tab for the newly created connector is displayed.

6. In the Actions tab, complete the form to add actions for your connector. For more information, see Configuring actions.

7. If necessary, add polled events for your connector by using the Events tab. For more information, see Configuring polled events.

8. In the Connection properties tab, complete the form to configure the connection properties for your connector. For more information about how to configure connection properties, see Configuring connections.

9. In the Schema tab, create the schema and configure parameters. For more information, see Configuring schemas.

10. Test the new actions and polled events that you created by using the Test actions and Test events tab. For more information, see Testing a connector.