PowerShell Scripting to Replicate Bing Ads Data to MySQL

The CData Cmdlets for Bing Ads offer live access to Bing Ads data from within PowerShell. Using PowerShell scripts, you can easily automate regular tasks like data replication. This article will walk through using the CData Cmdlets for Bing Ads and the CData Cmdlets for MySQL in PowerShell to replicate Bing Ads data to a MySQL database.

After obtaining the needed connection properties, accessing Bing Ads data in PowerShell and preparing for replication consists of four basic steps.

The Bing Ads APIs use the OAuth 2 standard. To authenticate, you will need valid Bing Ads OAuth credentials and you will need to obtain a developer token. See the Getting Started section in the Bing Ads data provider help documentation for an authentication guide.

Collecting Bing Ads Data

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module BingAdsCmdlets

2. Connect to Bing Ads:

   $bingads = Connect-BingAds -OAuthClientId $OAuthClientId -OAuthClientSecret $OAuthClientSecret -CallbackURL $CallbackURL -AccountId $AccountId -CustomerId $CustomerId -DeveloperToken $DeveloperToken

3. Retrieve the data from a specific resource:

   $data = Select-BingAds -Connection $bingads -Table "AdGroups"

   You can also use the Invoke-BingAds cmdlet to execute pure SQL-92 statements:

   $data = Invoke-BingAds -Connection $bingads -Query 'SELECT * FROM AdGroups WHERE CampaignId = @CampaignId' -Params @{'@CampaignId'='234505536'}

4. Save a list of the column names from the returned data.

   $columns = ($data | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Property Name).Name

Inserting Bing Ads Data into the MySQL Database

With the data and column names collected, you are ready to replicate the data into a MySQL database.

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module MySQLCmdlets

2. Connect to MySQL, using the server address and port of the MySQL server, valid user credentials, and a specific database with the table in which the data will be replicated:

   $mysql = Connect-MySQL -User $User -Password $Password -Database $Database -Server $Server -Port $Port

3. Loop through the Bing Ads data, store the values, and use the Add-MySQL cmdlet to insert the data into the MySQL database, one row at a time. In this example, the table will need to have the same name as the Bing Ads resource (AdGroups) and to exist in the database.

   $data | % { $row = $_ $values = @() $columns | % { $col = $_ $values += $row.$($col) } Add-MySQL -Connection $mysql -Table "AdGroups" -Columns $columns -Values $values }

You have now replicated your Bing Ads data to a MySQL database. This gives you freedom to work with Bing Ads data in the same way that you work with other MySQL tables, whether that is performing analytics, building reports, or other business functions.

Notes

• Once you have connected to Bing Ads and MySQL in PowerShell, you can pipe command results to perform the replication in a single line:

  Select-BingAds -Connection $bingads -Table "AdGroups" | % { $row = $_ $values = @() $columns | % { $col = $_ $values += $row.$($col) } Add-MySQL -Connection $mysql -Table "AdGroups" -Columns $columns -Values $values }

• If you wish to replicate the Bing Ads data to another database using another PowerShell module, you will want to exclude the Columns, Connection, and Table columns from the data returned by the Select-BingAds cmdlet since those columns are used to help pipe data from one CData cmdlet to another:

  $columns = ($data | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Property Name).Name | ? {$_ -NotIn @('Columns','Connection','Table')}