Pipe Klipfolio Data to CSV in PowerShell

The CData Cmdlets Module for Klipfolio is a standard PowerShell module offering straightforward integration with Klipfolio. Below, you will find examples of using our API Cmdlets with native PowerShell cmdlets.

Creating a Connection to Your Klipfolio Data

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

Klipfolio API Profile Settings

In order to authenticate to Klipfolio, you'll need to provide your API Key. You can generate an API key from the Klipfolio Dashboard app through either the My Profile page or from Users if you are an administrator (you must have the user.manage permission). Set the API Key in the ProfileSettings property to connect.

$conn = Connect-API  -Profile "$Profile" -ProfileSettings "$ProfileSettings"

Selecting Data

Follow the steps below to retrieve data from the DataSources table and pipe the result into to a CSV file:

Select-API -Connection $conn -Table DataSources | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty Connection,Table,Columns | Export-Csv -Path c:\myDataSourcesData.csv -NoTypeInformation

You will notice that we piped the results from Select-API into a Select-Object cmdlet and excluded some properties before piping them into an Export-Csv cmdlet. We do this because the CData Cmdlets append Connection, Table, and Columns information onto each "row" in the result set, and we do not necessarily want that information in our CSV file.