API-Driven Data Integration with FME
This hands-on, one-day course is for intermediate FME Form users who are ready to connect their workspaces to the wider web. You’ll start with the fundamentals of REST APIs, endpoints and request methods. You’ll then put them into practice with the HTTPCaller, working with JSON and GeoJSON responses and handling common errors. From there you’ll tackle the parts of API work that tend to trip people up, such as authenticating with keys, tokens and OAuth web connections, and retrieving complete datasets from paginated APIs. You’ll finish by packaging your API logic into reusable Custom Transformers that you and your colleagues can share across projects.
- Connect FME to virtually any web service, from ArcGIS Online to third-party APIs.
- Master the HTTPCaller, then package your API calls into reusable Custom Transformers.
- Get past the jargon of keys, tokens and OAuth with clear, practical examples.
- Never miss a record again with proven pagination patterns for large API datasets.
- Hands-on throughout, taught by certified FME trainers who build API integrations for clients.
Goals
- Understand how REST APIs work, including endpoints and GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests.
- Call web services from FME Form using the HTTPCaller transformer.
- Read, parse and restructure JSON and GeoJSON responses into usable data.
- Diagnose and handle common API errors so workspaces fail gracefully.
- Secure connections using API keys, tokens and OAuth web connections.
- Retrieve complete datasets from paginated APIs and wrap the logic in reusable Custom Transformers.
This hands-on, one-day course from Avineon Tensing is for intermediate FME Form users who are ready to connect their workspaces to the wider web. It starts by demystifying APIs, explaining how REST services and endpoints work and what GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests actually do. You’ll then put that into practice with the HTTPCaller transformer. You’ll connect to ArcGIS Online and third-party REST services, work confidently with JSON and GeoJSON responses, and handle the errors that inevitably crop up. The course covers security too, showing how API keys, tokens and OAuth web connections differ and when to use each. You’ll also tackle pagination, building workspaces that retrieve the complete dataset whether an API reports a total record count or simply points to the next page. Finally, you’ll package your API logic into reusable Custom Transformers, giving you tidy, shareable connectors to drop into any spatial ETL workflow.
Who is this course for?
This course is intended for intermediate FME Form users who want to expand their data integration capabilities. Typical candidates are:
- Existing FME Form users who want to extend their workflows by integrating with web services.
- Users with prior experience in FME Form workspace design and transformer use.
- Individuals looking to automate data flows and enrich datasets with external data sources.
- Those seeking to build more complex, connected solutions using FME.
- Users returning to FME after a break, who want to refresh and update their skills with some of the latest web integration techniques.
- Candidates studying before taking the FME Certified Professional Exam.
Our Approach
To ensure a flexible training experience, we deliver this course in the following formats:
- 1 full day of focused training between 09:15 and 16:30.
- Bundled with content from other courses as part of a bespoke offering just for your organisation.
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Preknowledge
Attendees should have intermediate experience with FME Form including familiarity with workspace design and transformer use. It is recommended that attendees understand how to:
- Create and run FME workspaces
- Work with readers and writers for common spatial data formats including Shapefile, file geodatabase and GeoJSON
- Apply basic transformers for data manipulation and attribute handling
Duration
1 day training course
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Training events:
- December 3rd 2026 - FULL
- February 3rd 2027
- April 27th 2027
- June 30th 2027
- October 5th 2027
- Bespoke or Private? Just ask!