https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Dev-Space/Connect-to-external-Java-SDK-from-tool/m-p/598843#M1288 <P>Hi Everyone,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am trying to design a new tool for Alteryx but I am kind of stuck...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Tool needs to use a private SDK written in <EM>Java </EM>(it's usually used with NiFi or Kafka). I could try to use a library like&nbsp;<A href="https://www.py4j.org/" target="_self">py4j</A>&nbsp;-I was planning to use Python SDK for the tool- but then I would expect reduced performance...</P><P>Another option would be to write a client in Java and call it with a Run Command tool as part of a batch macro. Again, I am not sure in terms of performance.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any ideas are more than welcome!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>PaulN</P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:44:43 GMT PaulNo 2020-07-06T14:44:43Z https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Dev-Space/Connect-to-external-Java-SDK-from-tool/m-p/598843#M1288 <P>Hi Everyone,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am trying to design a new tool for Alteryx but I am kind of stuck...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Tool needs to use a private SDK written in <EM>Java </EM>(it's usually used with NiFi or Kafka). I could try to use a library like&nbsp;<A href="https://www.py4j.org/" target="_self">py4j</A>&nbsp;-I was planning to use Python SDK for the tool- but then I would expect reduced performance...</P><P>Another option would be to write a client in Java and call it with a Run Command tool as part of a batch macro. Again, I am not sure in terms of performance.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any ideas are more than welcome!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>PaulN</P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:44:43 GMT https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Dev-Space/Connect-to-external-Java-SDK-from-tool/m-p/598843#M1288 PaulNo 2020-07-06T14:44:43Z