Connect to Drift Data in RazorSQL



Connect to Drift from wizards and query Drift data from the GUI in the RazorSQL database management tool.

The CData JDBC Driver for Drift enables standards-based access from third-party tools, from wizards in IDEs to data management and analysis tools. This article shows how to connect to Drift using wizards in RazorSQL.

Create a JDBC Data Source for Drift Data

  1. Open the RazorSQL application and, in the Connections menu, select Add Connection Profile -> Other -> JDBC.
  2. In the Connection Wizard that appears, set the following properties:
    • Driver Location: Set this property to the path to the lib subfolder in the installation directory.
    • Driver Class: Set the driver class to cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver.
    • Username: Enter the username. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
    • Password: Enter the password. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
    • JDBC URL: Enter connection parameters. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:api: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

      Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Drift Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Drift.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Drift (see below).

      Drift API Profile Settings

      Drift uses OAuth-based authentication.

      You must first register an application here: https://dev.drift.com. Your app will be assigned a client ID and a client secret. Set these in your connection string via the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret properties. More information on setting up an OAuth application can be found at https://devdocs.drift.com/docs/.

      After setting the following options in the ProfileSettings connection property, you are ready to connect:

      • AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
      • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client Id that is specified in your app settings.
      • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to Client Secret that is specified in your app settings.
      • CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URI you specified in your app settings.
      • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

      For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Drift JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar

      Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

      A typical JDBC URL is the following:

      jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Drift.apip;Authscheme=OAuth;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackUrl=your_callback_url;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query Drift Data and Select Tables

After establishing a connection, the wizard will close and the connection will be available in the connections panel. You can then query the tables.

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