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Talend API Services Certified Developer

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Talend certification exams measure your skills to ensure that you have the knowledge to successfully implement Talend API Services projects. Preparation is critical to passing.

 

This certification exam covers Talend API Services and API management (API Designer and API Tester), including REST and SOAP services implementation, design and testing of APIs, handling JSON mappings using Talend Data Mapper, Route implementation, and best practice.

 

Certification exam details

Duration: 90 minutes

Number of questions: 55

Passing score: 70%

 

Exam content is updated periodically. The number and difficulty of questions may change. The passing score is adjusted to maintain a consistent standard.

 

Recommended experience

  • At least six months of experience using Talend products

  • Knowledge and experience with Talend API Services (Routes, SOAP web services, and REST services)

  • Background knowledge of Talend Cloud Management Console

  • Knowledge of Talend API Management (API Designer and API Tester) and Talend Data Mapper

     

Preparation

To prepare for this certification exam, Talend recommends:

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Certification exam topics

Overview of Talend API Services

  • Explain the role of application integration and the difference between application integration and data integration

  • User management and authentication

  • Differentiate between services and Routes

  • Differentiate between SOAP and REST services (advantages and disadvantages)

  • Explain data services components (Talend Runtime and Artifact Repository)

 

Developing SOAP web services

  • Define SOAP web services and what a WSDL file is

  • Create a WSDL file with Talend Studio

  • Create a SOAP web service

  • Implement SOAP operations

  • Develop a SOAP consumer Job

  • Throw a SOAP fault

 

Defining a new API using API Designer

  • Explain what API Designer is

  • Differentiate between contract first and code first programming

  • Define API contracts using API Designer (data types, resources, and operations)

  • Import and export API definitions

  • Generate API documentation

 

Developing REST services

  • Define REST services (REST URI, REST endpoint, URI pattern)

  • Use REST API definition metadata

  • Implement a REST service

  • Implement REST operations (GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE)

  • Develop a REST consumer Job

 

REST data types

  • Create a JSON and an XML structure

  • Create a mapping

  • Stream data in REST components

 

Using API Tester

  • Explain what API Tester is

  • Generate a test project in API Tester from a Talend Studio REST service

  • Create API test scenarios (includes the use of dynamic expressions)

  • Use test assertions to validate responses

  • Automatic API mocking

 

Deploying API Services

  • Introduction to Microservices

  • Publish Microservices versus OSGi bundle

 

Establishing Routes

  • Define Routes (distinguish between components and processors in Routes compared to Jobs)

  • Connection types in Routes (compared to Jobs)

  • Define CAMEL messages, exchanges, and SIMPLE language

  • Edit message headers and exchange properties

  • Implement services in Routes – Apache CXF components

  • Provide a web service from a Route resource, using cSOAP or cREST

  • Use endpoints in Routes

 

Creating API versioning

  • Differentiate between minor and major versioning
  • Manage multiple versions
  • Interact with version control systems

 

Defining an API Portal

  • Create an API Portal
  • Publish an API Portal
  • Publish API Services documentations

 

Debugging Routes

  • Create breakpoints
  • Control debug flows (stop start, and review values)
  • Monitor debugging