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Ably integrations enable you to send your data from Ably to an external service or push data into Ably from an external service.

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Inbound integrations

Inbound integrations are where one of your external systems is sending data into Ably.

Inbound webhooks

Configure an endpoint for generated requests to be picked up by Ably and published to a channel.

Kafka connector

Send data from one or more Kafka topics into Ably channels.

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Outbound webhooks

Outbound webhooks enable you to push data to an external system from within Ably. These events that happen within Ably include messages being published to a channel, presence events being emitted, and changes in the channel occupancy and activity. The following pre-built webhooks can be configured:

AWS Lambda

Push data to AWS Lambda functions.

Google Cloud Functions

Push data to Google Cloud functions.

Zapier

Connect Ably to thousands of apps via Zapier.

Cloudflare Workers

Push data to Cloudflare Workers.

IFTTT

Trigger IFTTT applets with Ably events.

Datadog

Send metrics and events to Datadog.

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Outbound streaming

Outbound streaming involves streaming a constant flow of data from Ably to other streaming or queuing services. This is useful for integrating Ably with large-scale, event-driven architectures or data pipelines. The following pre-built services can be configured:

Kafka

Stream data to Apache Kafka.

AWS Kinesis

Stream data to AWS Kinesis.

AMQP

Stream data via AMQP protocol.

AWS SQS

Stream data to AWS SQS queues.

Apache Pulsar

Stream data to Apache Pulsar.

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Message queues

Message queues enable asynchronous communication between a queueing pattern. Producers (Ably channels) publish messages to a queue, and consumers retrieve them in a first-in, first-out order. Whilst pub-sub channels broadcast messages to all subscribers, queues distribute work among consumers. Both patterns serve different use cases. For example, pub/sub is ideal for many users to receive realtime updates, while queues handle tasks like triggering emails efficiently.

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Skip integrations

Privileged users can skip integrations on a per-message basis, providing greater control and flexibility when publishing messages to a channel.

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