Input connectors

GeoEvent Server is capable of receiving event data from virtually any source by using an input connector. An input connector must know how the data is being received, as well as how the data is formatted. These tasks are handled by adapters and transports, which are technical implementations beneath each and every connector.

See Extending GeoEvent Server to learn more about adapters and transports.

Input connectors

GeoEvent Server includes the following input connectors:

ArcGIS Server	Poll an ArcGIS Server For Features
File	Watch a Folder for New CSV Files Watch a Folder for New JSON Files
RSS	Receive RSS
Socket	Receive Text from a TCP Socket Receive Text from a UDP Socket
Web	Receive Features on a REST Endpoint Receive JSON on a REST Endpoint Receive GeoJSON on a REST Endpoint Receive XML on a REST Endpoint Poll an External Website for JSON Poll an External Website for GeoJSON Poll an External Website for XML
WebSocket	Receive JSON on a WebSocket Receive GeoJSON on a WebSocket Subscribe to an External WebSocket for JSON Subscribe to an External WebSocket for GeoJSON

Input connectors available on the ArcGIS GeoEvent Gallery include the following:

ActiveMQ	Receive Feature JSON from ActiveMQ Receive JSON from ActiveMQ Receive Text from ActiveMQ
Azure IoT Hub	Receive JSON from Azure IoT Hub
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)	Receive CAP XML Messages
Cursor on Target (CoT)	Receive CoT XML Messages
FlightAware	Receive FlightAware
GeoMessage	Receive GeoMessages
Instagram	Receive Media Feed from Instagram
Kafka	Receive Kafka messages
NMEA 0183	Receive NMEA on a UDP Socket
RabbitMQ	Receive text from RabbitMQ
Sierra Wireless RAP	Receive Sierra Wireless using RAP
Trimble TAIP	Receive Trimble using TAIP
Twitter	Receive tweets from Twitter
Verizon Networkfleet	Receive Networkfleet

Esri Partner-contributed input connectors available on the ArcGIS GeoEvent Partner Gallery include the following:

CompassLDE	Receive CompassLDE
exactEarth	Receive AIS
Valarm	Receive Valarm
Zonar *	Receive Zonar

* This input connector is coming soon.

Looking for a different connector?

If the connectors available do not provide the flexibility you need, you can customize the connectors using the GeoEvent Manager to develop your own connectors using the GeoEvent Server Software Development Kit (SDK).

See Extending GeoEvent Server to learn more about customizing connectors or developing your own connectors.

Do you have ideas for new input connectors? Post your ideas on the Real-Time GIS space on GeoNet.