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Custom DB - Can I upload/download scripts instead of using Dashboard?

#1

Using the dashboard is straightforward enough. But I’d like to test scripts in the sandbox, and then deploy debugged scripts to all my tenants as part of my build/release process. This would be nicer than a bunch of cutting and pasting.

Is this possible?

Thank you,
Chris

#2

Hi @chris-at-arundo,

I haven’t tried updating a connection with a custom DB script via the management API, but when you get the JSON document for a connection, the custom DB scripts are in the customScripts object under the options object:

    "customScripts": {
      "get_user": "function getByEmail(name, callback) {\n    ...
      "login": "//when you log in, connect to the LDAP with your ...
    },

Note that each script is formatted as a single long string with embedded newlines. You could try hitting the /patch_connections_by_id endpoint with a new "options": { "customScripts": { "get_user": ... payload.

#3

Thanks so much for the quick response! This looks pretty promising.

I will check it out tomorrow and post results.

Chris

#4

Hi @chris-at-arundo,

I should have thought of this earlier: the github deployments extension and the deploy CLI both support deploying custom DB scripts:

You might find the extension and / or deploy CLI themselves useful or, again, the code behind them may prove instructive.

#5

Thanks for this too! Those look like they could be perfect. I’ve been slow in checking them out, but I solemnly swear to post results.