Quick Integration - Supplier Market Intelligence Help
The Supplier Market Intelligence quick integration import allows Hiperos 3PM users to directly upload spreadsheets via the HTTPS protocol.  This allows customers to perform inbound imports in an automated manner without the need of a Engagement interface.  The various code snippets below provide working examples of how this is performed using a variety of popular programming languages.

The first row of the worksheet must include the field names as the column headers.  Hiperos 3PM Quick Integration reads this text to import the data to the appropriate fields.  NOTE: When importing setup data values, the setup code must be used rather than the display name.


Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Field Description
ExternalReference (*) Enter the unique reference key to link to external systems (ERP system, etc). NOTE: this field is required but can be left blank if the SupplierName is populated.
SupplierName (*) Enter the name of the supplier. NOTE: this field is required but can be left blank if the ExternalReference is populated.
Name (*) Enter the name of the market intelligence.
Type (*) Enter the market type.
  • Automated
  • Manual
TickerSymbol Enter the ticker symbol (for automated only).
Description (*) Enter a short description of the market intelligence.
AnnualRevenue Enter the annual revenue amount (for manual only).
QuarterlyRevenue Enter the quarterly revenue amount (for manual only).
PreviousAnnualRevenue Enter the previous year's annual revenue amount (for manual only).
TwoYearPriorAnnualRevenue Enter the second previous year's annual revenue amount (for manual only).
NetIncome Enter the net income amount (for manual only).
CurrencyCode Enter the currency code (for manual only).
  • AUD > Australian Dollar
  • CAD > Canadian Dollar
  • CNY > Chinese Yuan
  • EUR > Euro
  • GBP > British Pound
  • USD > US Dollar
NumberOfEmployees Enter the number of employees.
EBITDA Enter the Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization value.
CompetitorTickers Enter the trading symbol for public companies that compete with the company for which market intelligence is being gathered.

Authentication

Valid credentials must be supplied for each Hiperos 3PM Quick Integration request issued in order to succeed.

The 3PM user supplied must be a member of either the 'QuickIntegration' group or the 'QuickIntegration-SupplierMarketIntelligence' group.  The QuickIntegration group allows an account to access all Quick Integration resources.  The QuickIntegration-SupplierMarketIntelligence group limits access to only the Quick Integration SupplierMarketIntelligence resource.  If these groups currently do not exist in your Hiperos 3PM instance, please contact your local 3PM administrator or your Hiperos Customer Services representative to have them created.


HTTP Header Description
username Valid Hiperos 3PM Username
password Valid Hiperos 3PM Password

Content Type

The content type header must contain one of the following types listed below.  This is used to identify the file format that is being uploaded.  Note: If sending data as an octet-stream, filename is required in the Content-Disposition header.


Content Type Header File Type
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Excel 2007 or later versions (xlsx)
application/vnd.ms-excel Excel 2003 or earlier versions (xls)
text/csv Comma separated values (csv)
application/octet-stream File format determined by filename value in Content-Disposition
e.g. Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="user_import.xlsx"
The following HTTP response status codes are utilized by quick integration to communicate import status back to the caller.  They are as follows...
Status Code Result Description
201 Created New objects succesfully created.
202 Accepted Data has been queued for import (system-generated e-mail confirmation to follow).
204 No Content No new or updated data to import was found or the file was not in the correct format.
400 Bad Request Problem rows and/or columns were found. Review returned validation message in response.
401 Unauthorized Username & password http headers were not found in the request.
403 Forbidden Login failed, was not found or not authorized.
500 Server Error Failed to save import data to database.

Java

package httpPostExample;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.HttpMultipartMode;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntityBuilder;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class uploadFile
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            String url = "https://rportal.hiperos.com/QuickIntegration/SupplierMarketIntelligence";
            String filePath = "c:\\hiperos\\outbox\\SupplierMarketIntelligence_import.xlsx";

            HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
            HttpContext httpContext = new BasicHttpContext();

            HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
            httpPost.setHeader("username""Your_3PM_Username_Here");
            httpPost.setHeader("password""Your_3PM_Password_Here");

            httpPost.setHeader("Connection""close");

            MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
            builder.setMode(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);

            final File file = new File(filePath);
            FileBody fb = new FileBody(file, "text/csv");

            builder.addPart("file", fb);

            final HttpEntity entity = builder.build();
            httpPost.setEntity(entity);

            HttpResponse postResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost, httpContext);

            HttpEntity responseEntity = postResponse.getEntity();
            System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity));
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

C#

using System;
using System.Net;

namespace QuickIntegration_Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            const string uriString = "https://rportal.hiperos.com/QuickIntegration/SupplierMarketIntelligence";
            const string fileName = @"c:\\hiperos\\outbox\\SupplierMarketIntelligence_import.xlsx";

            // Create a new WebClient instance.
            WebClient client = new WebClient();

            // Add authentication headers to request.
            client.Headers.Add("username""Your_3PM_Username_Here");
            client.Headers.Add("password""Your_3PM_Password_Here");

            // Upload the file to the URI.
            // The 'UploadFile(uriString,fileName)' method implicitly uses HTTP POST method.
            byte[] responseArray = client.UploadFile(uriString, fileName);

            string response = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseArray);

            // Decode and display the response.
            Console.WriteLine("\nResponse Received.  The contents of the file uploaded are:\n{0}", response);
        }
    }
}