RSSBus Desktop™

RSSBus Desktop brings the power and simplicity of Simple Services to a personal level. With a built-in Web server and one-step installation, you'll be accessing Enterprise and Internet information in minutes.

 

  

 



RSSBus Desktop includes a menu of pre-defined services with a service configuration utility, the RSSBus library of reusable data access connectors with the service definition wizard for creating new services, and the RSSBus Simple Service Engine™ ported to a built-in Web server for local desktop usage.

RSSBus Desktop will help you:


  • Transfer data between spreadsheets and Internet sources like Paypal, Amazon, email servers, and more.
  • Connect to dozens of information sources inside your Enterprise with the library of pre-defined services.
  • Define new data access services with the built in data connector library and service definition wizard.
  • Access existing web services by fitting a simple service front end to legacy SOAP and REST web services.
  • Combine, transfer and convert data between dozens of different Enterprise and Internet information sources by nesting and combining simple services.


Features


The RSSBus Desktop is a full featured version of RSSBus Server, tailored for Desktop data integration and automation tasks.
 
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Create services that are accessible through simple standards based interfaces including SOAP, REST, HTML, RSS, ATOM, JSON, XLS, CSV, and more…
Access hundreds of data sources on the Internet or in your Enterprise through RSSBus Connectors.
Connect, filter, pipe, combine, and extend data from any source.
Easy to use wizard based administration console for creating and publishing Simple Services.
Unlimited access to the online Connector library, full of pre-built connectors for integrating hundreds of data sources.
Extensible Connector architecture enables developers to enhance RSSBus with support for additional data sources.
Extendable service formatter architecture provides developers with the ability to enable new service types.
Searchable public repository with service access and configuration information.
Public service wizard for configuring exposed services.
Configurable service logging and performance monitoring
Samples including dozens of working simple services
For desktop-published (localhost) services
Fully integrated Web server
Command-line tools for Desktop automation and integration

Technical Details

RSSBus Desktop is entirely self-contained and requires no additional software installation.

  • Self-Contained Desktop Application

    Includes an embedded Web server which enables local access to RSSBus data integration and feed generation.

  • User Friendly Web Interface

    Easy-to-use wizard interface walks through the process of creating and configuring desktop services

  • Create and Configure Local Services

    Create simple services directly from your local machine to integrate and convert data from different sources.  Easily export data from any application connector to simple formats like HTML, Excel, CSV, or TSV. 

  • Integrated Command-line Tools

    Command-line interface offers the full power of the RSSBus Desktop. Call RSSBus services directly from the command-line or combine calls with the Windows scheduler to automate integration tasks.

System Requirements

RSSBus Desktop targets the Windows platform and requires the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework.  If you are running Windows XP and above with Windows Update, you should already have Microsoft .NET 2.0 installed on your machine. 

Future versions will target other platforms and environments (including Java and Linux). Please check this site for updates.