Custom connector development for iPaaS and construction APIs
When no connector exists for a system you need, we build one: authentication, data objects, change tracking, actions and tests, ready for an iPaaS or a custom integration.
The problem
Your integration platform has no connector for the system you need, or the one that exists covers only part of the API. Software vendors face the reverse: customers ask to connect your product to their ERP and you have no connector on the platforms they use.
What we build
We build connectors to the platform's SDK or as standalone services: authentication, data objects with pagination and changed-data queries, write actions with validation, and tests. For iPaaS platforms such as Trimble App Xchange we follow the published connector SDK and review process.
How it works
- 1
Assess the API
We check authentication, pagination, filtering, changed-data queries and write support, since these decide what the connector can do reliably.
- 2
Model the data
We define data objects and actions around what flows will need, not one per endpoint.
- 3
Build and test
We implement the client, data readers, cache writers and action processors with tests against a sandbox.
- 4
Ship and document
We prepare it for the platform's review or your deployment, with documentation for flow builders.
- Trimble App Xchange
- C#
- .NET
- REST APIs
- OAuth 2.0
- HCSS
- Bluebeam
- Ramp
The value it creates
Time saved
Flow builders work with ready data objects instead of raw HTTP calls.
Standardization
Every flow uses the same authentication, paging and error handling.
Visibility
Connector errors carry the request and response needed to fix them.
Collective intelligence
A connector built once is reused across every flow and customer that needs that system.
Proof
Related use cases
- Built and shown
Cost-code crosswalk and master data that every report agrees on
Projects, cost codes, and vendors mapped once in versioned reference data, so every report uses the same answer and gaps go back to the owner.
- We design and build this
CRM to Procore integration: one job record from pursuit to closeout
Stamp the CRM deal ID onto the Procore project, keep company and contact records aligned, and report pipeline next to backlog without retyping anything.
- We design and build this
ERP migration data mapping without losing history
A versioned map from old ERP to new, reconciled before cutover, so job history, cost codes, and vendors carry over and reports read across both.
- We design and build this
Expense and card transactions into Vista or Spectrum AP
Jobs, cost codes and approvers flow from the ERP to the expense tool, and approved expenses come back as AP invoices coded to the right job.
- Built and shown
Get Procore data into Power BI, reliably
A repeatable pipeline from the Procore API into a Power BI model, with validation, history and refresh you can rely on.
- Built and shown
Procore and QuickBooks Online integration for WIP and cash reporting
Procore forecasts and QuickBooks actuals joined through a trust-ordered crosswalk, so the WIP schedule builds itself and unmapped jobs stay visible.
Frequently asked questions
Which connectors have you built?
On Trimble App Xchange we built C# connectors for systems including HCSS, Ramp, Bluebeam Studio, Workyard, SmartPM, Power BI, Accubid and Trimble Connect. That code belongs to Trimble; we bring the patterns, not the source.
What does an API need for a good connector?
Reliable authentication, pagination, filtering and a way to ask for records changed since a date. Without changed-data queries, every sync has to read everything.
We are a software vendor. Can you build a connector for our product?
Yes. That is a common request: you want your product on an integration platform your customers already use. We build and document it so your team can maintain it.
Next step
Which report or workflow would you like to improve?
Tell us what your team does today, which systems are involved, and what you want to change. We'll discuss whether there is a practical fit.
Prefer email? charley@buildflows.ai