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Utilizing the Alteryx License Portal API for License Managem...

Simplify reporting on Alteryx licenses and understand your Alteryx usage.

Connecting to GitLab in Alteryx Using APIs

This article is for Alteryx users who want to know how to make API Connections and those who are interested in GitLab integration.

Getting Started With the Server API Tool

With the Server API tool, you can leverage the Server API features without writing API calls.

Using the Python Tool to Import Data via API

Ever wondered how you can use the Python tool to import data into a database and turn that tool into a Macro that allows for dynamic variables to allow for reusing it with ease? Th...

JDBC Connections in Alteryx

So you find yourself trying to connect to data that doesn’t have an ODBC driver available, or the ODBC driver is not particularly easy to use. What can you do?

Introducing the Alteryx Server v3 API

With Server v21.4, significant new functionality is available through the Gallery API. Many administrative tasks can be more easily automated.

Server Runner Macros

Build your own “runner” macro – with supported tools – and in the process demystify the Alteryx Server API.

How to Send a Telegram Message to your Mobile Phone with Alt...

Ever wanted to receive notifications on your mobile phone from your Designer workflow? Learn how to send messages to Telegram via Alteryx.

Connect: Comments Moderation

Connect is a great social data platform to explore all your data. Like any social platform it needs to be moderated - how to monitor some keywords? How to know who is the author? F...

Alteryx Server - Gallery API Postman Collection

In this article, we are going to review what the Alteryx Gallery REST API is, what resources are available, and how to use it with Postman.

APIs for Beginners - Integrate All the Systems!

Do you wish that your Alteryx workflows could automatically pull the latest data into your workflow so that you can schedule them on Alteryx Server without manual intervention?

Alexa, Run my Workflow

Can I use Alexa to communicate with this API in order to trigger a workflow on our Alteryx Server, rather than me having to go through the tedious process of moving my mouse a coup...

Can the real [Field Name] please stand up...

My initial thought as I was staring at the simplicity of the solution in front of me was, "Wow, so simple, and yet so amazingly useful! How come I never realised this before?"

Splunk, will it Alteryx?

During stay-at-home orders, what better time for the next installment of the Will it Alteryx? series - Splunk. We'll start with what Splunk is, and then see if it will Alteryx. (Sp...

Hey Alteryx, Turn On the Light... Actually, Why Don’t You Ju...

Not only is Alteryx able to do turn on a light, it is able to control the colour based on conditions; and coupled with Server or Scheduler it becomes a pseudo automation hub with m...

Enriching Tax Data with Location Information

Working in finance, I’m somewhat bummed that I don’t often get to explore the possibilities within location-based data. That’s why I was thrilled when a project fell into my lap to...

Getting Audio Features From the Spotify API

GET Trends; an Example of Working With the Twitter API

The Prestige: Dynamic Macro Interfaces With the HTML GUI SDK

An example of how to use the HTML GUI SDK to build a dynamic interface that completely changes the functionality of a simple underlying macro.

Guide to Building a Simple Application for Collecting Text I...

You might want to (or need to) collect, store and process unstructured text items with associated metadata. Examples could be to set up a library for research purposes or to build...

API: A Pub In-Between

Dev Toolbox: Front-End Edition

The final installation in the Dev Toolbox series inspects a front-end developer's tools of the trade. Get it? Inspects? Like inspecting an element on a web page? No?...I'll see mys...

Dev Toolbox: Python Edition

Our second installation in the Dev Toolbox series takes a deeper look into a Python developers' tools.

Dev Toolbox: C++ Edition

The first installation of the Dev Toolbox Series, a look into the toolbox of a C++ developer!

Using the Alteryx API from….Alteryx

What if you administer an Alteryx gallery and wanted to verify that all macros are being correctly setup? Where would you even start?

Easily Integrating Census Data into your Alteryx Workflow Wi...

Incorporate current or historical US Census data into your workflow using this snippet and the Census Data API!

Building an HTML Macro

New to the HTML GUI SDK? In this example, I will be walking you through the development of a simple HTML macro from creating the correct folder structure to packaging it up and sha...

Authentication with the HTML GUI SDK

Want to start putting those Alteryx and JavaScript skills to good use and build a fancy new connector? Come as we walk you through an example using the HTML GUI SDK to get through...

Alteryx Connect BYOM – “Bring your own metadata” with an SDK

With Alteryx Connect, our Social Data Cataloging and Data Discovery solution, you will be able to get your own custom metadata connectors in practically no time. This article intro...