A connector is a component's data source. It tells Kubme where to read the data, how to write it and how to turn it into columns.
Two kinds of connectors
A component's built-in connector
Every component you create (except Sites) automatically gets a built-in connector. By default, its data is stored in Kubme: the Kubme Connector, "Stored in Kubme database". There is nothing to set up to get started.
To plug in other sources, open the component's Configuration:
In the Source tab, you add an Additional Connector next to the default one, then give it actions: for example, reading the rows from your API. See Multi-source.
A standalone connector
A standalone connector lives in your workspace, like a component. You create it once and reuse it in several components.
Create › Library › Data Connectors tab.
Choose:
Custom API: any HTTP API, configured by you (see Custom connector);
a catalog template: a connector preconfigured for a well-known service (see Catalog connectors). The details panel lists its Available actions.
Click Create.
Remember to save
Unlike components, a standalone connector does not save on its own: click Save. If you leave before, Kubme asks Leave without saving? and restores your changes when you come back.
Key concepts
With Kubme AI
Kubme AI can read and edit a connector, import an OpenAPI specification and test an action: "Import our API's OpenAPI specification into the CRM connector and keep only the customer routes."
Exporting a connector
Menu › Import / Export: a .kubme file with the connector's configuration, without the credentials.
Pages in this section
Catalog connectors: preconfigured connectors
Multi-source: combining several sources
Custom connector: building a connector for any API
OpenAPI import: generating a connector from a specification
Authentication: methods and credentials
Actions: setting up and testing actions
Mapping: turning responses into columns