website-and-documentation/content/en/docs/edgeconnect/edgeconnect-sdk.md

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title: EdgeConnect SDK
linkTitle: SDK
weight: 10
description: >
  Software Development Kit for interacting with EdgeConnect
---

## Overview

The EdgeConnect SDK is a Go library which provides a simple method for interacting with Edge Connect within programs. It is designed to be used by other tools, such as the [EdgeConnect Client](/docs/edgeconnect/edgeconnect-client/) or [Terraform provider](/docs/edgeconnect/terraform-provider/),

## Key Features

* Allows querying endpoints without the need to manage API calls and responses directly
* Wraps the existing [Edge Connect API](https://swagger.edge.platform.mg3.mdb.osc.live/)
* Supports multiple unnumbered versions of the API

## Purpose in EDP

No system can be considered useful unless it is actually, in practice, used. While the Edge Connect [console](https://hub.apps.edge.platform.mg3.mdb.osc.live/) and [API](https://swagger.edge.platform.mg3.mdb.osc.live/) are essential tools to allow the platform to be used by developers, there are numerous use cases for interaction that is automated but simpler to use than an API. These include a [command-line tool](/docs/edgeconnect/edgeconnect-client/) and [Terraform provider](/docs/edgeconnect/terraform-provider/).

While each such tool could simply independently wrap existing endpoints, this is generally too low-level for sustainable development. It would involve extensive boilerplate code in each such package, plus small changes to API endpoints or error handling may require constant rework.

To avoid this, the Edge Connect SDK aims to provide a common library for interacting with EdgeConnect, allowing the abstraction of HTTP requests and authentication procedures while nonetheless allowing access directly to the endpoints available.

## Repository

**Code**: https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client

**Documentation**: https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk

## Getting Started

### Prerequisites

* Golang
* Edge Connect credentials

### Quick Start

[Step-by-step guide to get started with this component]

1. Simply [import](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk#installation) the SDK to your project
2. [Initialise and configure](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk#configuration-options) a client with your credentials
3. [Build](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk#examples) your code around the existing endpoints

### Verification

[How to verify the component is working correctly]

## Usage Examples

See [README](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk#examples) for simple code examples, or repositories for [EdgeConnect Client](/docs/edgeconnect/edgeconnect-client/) and [Terraform provider](/docs/edgeconnect/terraform-provider/) for full projects relying on it.

## Troubleshooting

### Varying code versions

**Problem**: While the Edge Connect API does not (at time of writing) have different semantic versions, it does have different iterations which function differently. The SDK provides two different libraries, labelled [v1](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk/edgeconnect) and [v2](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/sdk/edgeconnect/v2) and referring to API definitions similarly stored as [v1](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/api/swagger_v1.json) and [v2](https://edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/src/branch/main/api/swagger_v2.json).

**Solution**: If you receive errors when using the SDK, consider changing the version you import:
```go
import v1 "edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/sdk/edgeconnect"
import v2 "edp.buildth.ing/DevFW-CICD/edge-connect-client/v2/sdk/edgeconnect/v2"
```

## Status

**Maturity**: Beta