Title: Integration and interfaces
ESME can play a part in the IT of your organization, especially to connect
processes with the people executing them. Most of the scenarios are based
on available APIs in the ESME software.

<table>
<tr><th>Name of the API</th><th>Status</th><th>Comments</th><th>more details at...</th></tr>
<tr><td>ESME REST-like API</td><td>Out-of-the-box available</td><td>The current API does not completely fulfill the requirements of RESTful APIs. Compliance with the REST standard is however on the tasklist of the team.</td><td>[Link to description](restapi.html)
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Twitter-like API</td><td>Out-of-the-box available</td><td>Compliance with the Twitter-API serves to enable usage of Twitter clients with an ESME instance. {footnote} Current positioning is that ESME will have in future both a twitter-like and an own API.{footnote}</td><td>[Link to documentation](twitter-api.html)
, [Link to SVN</td><td>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/scala/org/apache/esme/api/TwitterAPI.scala?view=log]
</td></tr>
</table>

Based on the APIs mentioned above, the following clients/programming
libraries are available:{footnote}All entries are based on the REST-like
API, if not stated otherwise.{footnote}

<table>
<tr><th>Programming language or environment</th><th>Status</th><th></td><td>More details at...</th></tr>
<tr><td>ABAP Client</td><td>Working source code available</td><td>[Generic Web-Dynpro ABAP Client source code](http://code.google.com/p/esmeproject/source/browse/trunk/esme-abap/ESME+ABAP+Client/)
, [ABAP Send message source code</td><td>http://code.google.com/p/esmeproject/source/browse/trunk/esme-abap/#esme-abap/ABAP%20Send%20Message%20REST%20API%20and%20Function%20module]
, [ABAP Object Watch</td><td>http://code.google.com/p/esmeproject/source/browse/trunk/esme-abap/#esme-abap/ABAP%20Object%20Watch]
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Adobe AIR client</td><td>Out-of-the-box available</td><td>[Installation guide](esme-desktop-air-client.html)
</tr>
<tr><td>Apache ANT action</td><td>JAR file available</td><td>[Link to blog entry]('http://blog.esme.us/esme-client-for-ant/.html)
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Java Library</td><td>JAR file available</td><td>[Link to blog entry](http://blog.esme.us/improved-java-api-moved-to-apache/)
</td></tr>
<tr><td>JavaScript Client</td><td>Example script available</td><td>[Link to code.google.com](http://code.google.com/p/esmeproject/wiki/PureJavascript_messaging_client)
 [Link to blog entry</td><td>http://blog.esme.us/pure-javascript-messaging-client/]
</td></tr>
<tr><td>PLSQL Client</td><td>Example script available</td><td>[Link to code.google.com](http://code.google.com/p/esmeproject/wiki/PL_SQL_Client_for_ESME)
</td></tr>
<tr><td>SAP NetWeaver Logger Client</td><td>Example script available</td><td>[Link to blog entry](http://blog.esme.us/the-netweaver-logger/)
</td></tr>
<tr><td>VBA Client</td><td>Example script available</td><td>[Link to blog entry](http://blog.esme.us/esme-and-shadow-it-the-vba-client/)
</td></tr>
</table>

Find below a list of different integration options.

<table>
<tr><th>Integration/interface with...</th><th>Use case</th><th>Current maturity
level</th><th>Comments</th><th>more Details at...</th></tr>
<tr><td>email systems</td><td>Receiving emails</td><td>Additonal software needed</td><td>There is a plugin
available for the [open source mail server James](http://james.apache.org/)
 to forward emails to ESME. Connecting with other mailservers involves
development of a small piece of software, which call the ESME APIs. </td><td>[Link
to docs.google.com</td><td>http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df96bz6v_18cw9vrcwr]</td></tr>
<tr><td>email systems</td><td>Sending emails</td><td>Out-of-the-box available</td><td>ESME sends emails
based on user defined [actions](actions.html)
. ESME relies for sending eMails on the JavaMail API and its required
settings.</td><td>[Sending emails from ESME]</td></tr>
<tr><td>MS Sharepoint</td><td>Retrieving ESME conversations</td><td>Internal testcase</td><td>(needs to be
documented)</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Yahoo Pipes</td><td>Information retrieval from other microblogging tools</td><td>Working configuration document available</td><td>Link to blog entry</td><td>http://www.esjewett.com/blog/twitter-pipes-esme]
</td></tr>
</table>


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