spiff-arena/docs/dev/connector_proxy.md

# Connector Proxy

A connector-proxy is an application that is generally deployed alongside the frontend and backend.
Please see [Connector Proxy in 5 mins](https://github.com/sartography/spiff-arena/wiki/Connector-Proxy-in-5-mins).

```mermaid
graph TD
    subgraph ConnectorProxy[Connector Proxy Application]
        direction TB
        ConnectorA
        ConnectorB
    end

    subgraph ConnectorA[Connector A]
        direction TB
        CommandA1[Command C]
        CommandA2[Command D]
    end

    subgraph ConnectorB[Connector B]
        direction TB
        CommandB1[Command E]
        CommandB2[Command F]
    end

```

Connector Proxies are containers for connectors.
Connectors are usually Python libraries that are included in connector proxy codebases, but they can also be embedded directly inside of connector proxies.
Our connector-proxy-demo includes a few connectors, including [connector-aws](https://github.com/sartography/connector-aws) and [connector-http](https://github.com/sartography/connector-http).
Connector-http can be used for many API interactions, but you can also [write your own connectors](/dev/how_to_build_a_connector).