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Shawn_Wilfong1
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June 20, 2018
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Marketo API read data from FTP server?

  • June 20, 2018
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Does the Marketo API have capability to read data hosted on an FTP server?  Currently we use a separate application to digest the file and transfer it to Marketo, but it'd be great if we could just ingest it directly from Marketo.

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Best answer by SanfordWhiteman

Nope.

The Marketo (REST) APIs are inbound APIs.

A service that you call as a webhook can read data from an FTP box, but it would still need to make a separate inbound REST connection to Marketo to upload the file contents. Triggering via webhook helps you avoid an external scheduler, but it's still custom code doing the download-reupload and not a huge leg up.

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhitemanAccepted solution
Level 10
June 20, 2018

Nope.

The Marketo (REST) APIs are inbound APIs.

A service that you call as a webhook can read data from an FTP box, but it would still need to make a separate inbound REST connection to Marketo to upload the file contents. Triggering via webhook helps you avoid an external scheduler, but it's still custom code doing the download-reupload and not a huge leg up.

SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 28, 2020

@shawn_wilfong1 thanks for coming back and marking my answer, I appreciate it.

Level 2
December 1, 2022

Hi,

How to use adobe FTP via webhook in Marketo and does webhook need a middleware system?

SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
December 1, 2022

Webhooks speak HTTP only. So you’d be connecting to a webhook-compatible service that in turn connects to an FTP server.

Level 2
December 2, 2022

@sanfordwhiteman Thanks for your response!

Could you please add some extra points on how it could be done which you have mentioned?