Duro PLM Unit Test

This article explains how to integrate your Duro PLM to Tulip.

Purpose

The purpose of the Duro PLM Unit Test is to allow users to verify whether their connection between Tulip and the Duro PLM platform is correct and functioning as intended.

The API connector enables users to view Product definitions, Revisions, Bill of Materials (BOM) details, pictures, documents, and specifications in Tulip.

A Starter App was also defined to make use of the Connector Functions and Graph QL APIs.

Getting Started with Duro

Duro’s cloud-native PLM platform empowers hardware engineering teams to manage sourcing, BOMs, change orders, and revisions all in one place. The platform's intuitive interface and predefined agile workflows allow everyone involved in hardware development to make informed, timely decisions. Additionally, integrations with best-of-breed hardware partners, like Tulip, make it easy to centralize or share data in minutes without costly integrations.

Setup

Generate a Duro API key:

1. Log into Duro PLM
2. Generate a key by following Duro’s Starter Guide
3. Save the new API Key

Configure Tulip Connector

1. In the Connectors page, find the Connector.
   

2. In the connector, click production & testing & development to view connection settings.
   

3. Set the connection setting as follows:
   Running On: Cloud Connector Host
   Host: mfg.duro.app
   Port: 443
   TLS: Yes
   

4. Click Edit Headers and set your "apiToken” header using the value retrieved from Duro’s settings.
   

5. Go back and click Test, then Save the details.
   

How it works

Once you have configured the Connector as shown in the Setup paragraph, you can test the Connector Functions in the app by clicking Test Graph QL API in the Unit Testing step.
The list of products defined in your Duro account will show up like the following:

In the App Editor, you can see how the Trigger for the button is configured to call the Connector function:

The result of the Connector Function call is stored in a Variable which is then displayed in a Tulip interactive table:

Connector Function

The Duro Connector makes use of Graph QL queries, it comes with predefined functions and can be extended to support any API offered by Duro (see Graph QL documentation here).

Current Connector comes with the following API Calls:

Further Reading

• Duro PLM Starter App
• What are connectors?
• HTTP Connectors (in university)