Bots (edi)
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| Developer(s) | EbbersConsult |
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| Stable release | 2.1.0 / January 2, 2012 |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Electronic Data Interchange, Business-to-business electronic commerce |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | bots.sourceforge.net |
Bots is a open source EDI/b2b translator aiming to be complete EDI software. Bots is free software available under the GNU General Public License. Bots 2.0 is a major rewrite of the GUI; Django is now used as a web framework.
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[edit] Features
- Highly configurable.
- Very powerful mapping.
- Developed in Python
- Scalable and Stable
- Any-to-any-format conversions.
- It has Web based Administration interface called BOTS Monitor
- Very flexible by using user scripts (in Python).
- Plug-ins for easy configuration of EDI and examples/learning.
- All edifact messages and X12 transactions are available.
- Convert to readable/printable format ('EDI-fax').
- Conversion of codes, e.g. EAN/UCC-numbers. Maintenance of codes in user interface.
- Platform independent.
- Receive (email) reports in case of errors.
- Uses Unicode.
[edit] Supported data formats
- EDIFACT
- XML
- ASC X12
- TRADACOMS
- Fixed records a.k.a. flat file or ASCII records.
- CSV
- SAP idocs
- GS1 EANCOM
- JSON
[edit] Supported communication
- SMTP (incl TLS, SSL)
- POP3 (incl TLS, SSL)
- Value-added network: X400, ipmail, InterCommit, Sterling Commerce, Inovis, etc.
- FTP, FTPS
- XML-RPC
- File I/O
- Database connector (direct communication to database)
- External communication modules
- User scriptable communication
[edit] Dependencies
- Python
- PostgreSQL (optional)
- MySQL (optional)
For bots version 1.*:
- TurboGears including all TurboGears dependences.
For bots version 2.*:
