Alibaba Cloud
by Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group's public cloud; the BssOpenApi exposes bills, instance-level charges, account balance and resource packages.
- Category
- Cloud & Data Platforms
- Type
- Cloud billing
- Interface
- SDK
- Built with
- Connect Anything
- Credentials
- Signed requests
02Data
What you can sync.
- Bill overview
- Instance bills
- Account balance
- Resource packages
- Orders
Put Alibaba Cloud bill overview next to revenue and usage, so every cost has an owner and a reason.
Need more? Name any other Alibaba Cloud data the API returns, and the AI adds it to the connector.
03Credentials
Credentials you will need.
- Signed requests (key and secret)
Alibaba Cloud uses signed requests (key and secret). You add the credentials once, when the AI asks for them, and it tells you where to create them in Alibaba Group if you need help.
04How it works
How it works in DataMind.
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Pick Alibaba Cloud.
Open Lake, pick Alibaba Cloud in the source picker and name the connection. Connect Anything opens with a ready prompt that points the AI at the Alibaba Cloud API docs.
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Answer a few questions.
The AI reads the Alibaba Cloud documentation, then asks which credentials you will use, which data to sync (for example bill overview and instance bills), whether you want a one-time load or a recurring sync, and which accounts or filters apply.
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Your data lands in Lake.
The connector agent writes a Python connector for Alibaba Cloud, tests it against the live API and shows you sample rows. Then the data loads into your Lake on your schedule, ready for the Warehouse, DataPrism BI and AI Minds.
