Overview
The Lyftron Provider for SpaceX offers the most natural way to access SpaceX data from Lyftron with ease and also enables to connect with BI, MDM & ML tools, Data warehouses, Databases and other SAAS based applications with zero code and zero infrastructure requirements. The provider wraps the complexity of accessing SpaceX data into easy-to-integrate relational fully managed ANSI Sql format. Make faster and better business decisions with Lyftron’s SpaceX data provider and automatically build your data migration pipelines in minutes, not months
The provider hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.
Key Features
- Comprehensive Delta load mechanism.
- Real-time access to SpaceX.
- Comprehensive full support of ANSI Sql to query data with ease.
- Collaborative query processing.
Prerequisites
The user must have credentials for SpaceX, Lyftron and your destination data warehouse, lake or database to perform the data pipeline operation with Lyftron
Establishing a Connection with Lyftron's Quickstart Steps
Create your SpaceX connection with Lyftron by following the 5 easy steps show below:
Step1. Add your connection
Click on Connect section on the left panel → Click on Add Connection button
Step2. Select your connector
In the connector selection panel, search and click SpaceX for your connection
Step3. Enter your connection details
In the Connection String section enter the values of the below parameters. The following connection string is required to establish SpaceX connection with Lyftron.
Profile=C:\profiles\SpaceX.apip;Key | Value | Field |
Connection Name | Enter your connection details | Required |
Profile | C:\profiles\SpaceX.apip | Required |
Logfile** | Use the logfile option to debug your job and provide your connection name to generate the log file. [ConnectionConfigurationPath]\Connection_name_log.tx | Optional |
Verbosity** | Choose verbosity 1-5 based on the severity of debugging | Optional |
** For more information, check the Lyftron logging and debugging section.
If you want more detailed information about how to establish a connection with Lyftron, click on Lyftron Connection Quick Start guide.
Step4. Test your connection
Once you are done entering your connection details, simply click on the Test Connection button to test the connectivity. In case your connection fails, add Logfile and Verbosity parameters and check the Lyftron logging and debugging section, to debug the error.
Step5. Save your connection
Hurray! Now you have successfully connected with the Lyftron SpaceX connector and can utilize the connector to Extract, Warehouse, Analyze, Visualize and Share your data.
Data Model
The provider models the data in APIs into a list of tables that can be queried using standard SQL statements.
Generally, querying APIs tables is the same as querying a table in a relational database. Sometimes there are special cases, for example, including a certain column in the WHERE clause might be required to get data for certain columns in the table. This is typically needed for situations where a separate request must be made for each row to get certain columns.
Name | Type | Description |
ApiInfo | Tables | Returns company info. |
Capsules | Tables | List All Capsules in SpaceX. |
CompanyInfo | Tables | Returns company info. |
Cores | Tables | List All Cores in SpaceX. |
Dragons | Tables | Returns all dragon capsules. |
HistoricalEvents | Tables | Get all historical events. |
LandingPads | Tables | Returns all landing pads. |
LatestLaunch | Tables | Returns the most recent launch. |
Launches | Tables | List all Launches. |
Launchpads | Tables | List all Launchpads. |
Missions | Tables | Returns all missions. |
NextLaunch | Tables | Returns the closest upcoming launch. |
PastCapsules | Tables | Lists capsules that have launched. |
PastCores | Tables | Lists cores that have launched. |
PastLaunches | Tables | List all past Launches. |
Payloads | Tables | Returns all Payloads. |
Roadster | Tables | Get current roadster orbit data. |
Rockets | Tables | Returns all rockets. |
Ships | Tables | Returns ships that assist SpaceX launches, including ASDS drone ships, tugs, fairing recovery ships, and various support ships. |
UpcomingCapsules | Tables | Lists capsules that haven't launched yet. |
UpcomingCores | Tables | Lists cores that haven't launched yet. |
UpcomingLaunches | Tables | List all upcoming Launches. |
UpcomingLaunchesRest | Tables | List all upcoming Launches. |
Advanced Settings
To view a detailed advanced settings options, go to SpaceX Advanced Settings. Complete list of the parameters you can configure in the connection string can be found by clicking Connection String Parameters.