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CData Connect for PayPal Data enables you to integrate PayPal data into workflows built using Microsoft Power Automate Desktop.
CData Connect enables you to access live PayPal data in workflow automation tools like Power Automate. This article shows how to integrate PayPal data into a simple workflow, saving PayPal data into a CSV file.
CData Connect provides a live interface for PayPal, allowing you to integrate with live PayPal data in Power Automate — without replicating the data. Connect uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to PayPal, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return PayPal data.
Configure PayPal Connectivity for Power Automate
Connectivity to PayPal from Power Automate is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with PayPal data from Power Automate, we start by creating and configuring a PayPal connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "PayPal" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to PayPal.
The provider surfaces tables from two PayPal APIs. The APIs use different authentication methods.
- The REST API uses the OAuth standard. To authenticate to the REST API, you will need to set the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL properties.
- The Classic API requires Signature API credentials. To authenticate to the Classic API, you will need to obtain an API username, password, and signature.
See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide to obtaining the necessary API credentials.
To select the API you want to work with, you can set the Schema property to REST or SOAP. By default the SOAP schema will be used.
For testing purposes you can set UseSandbox to true and use sandbox credentials.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add PayPal Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to PayPal data from Power Automate Desktop.
Integrate PayPal Data into Power Automate Workflows
After configuring CData Connect with PayPal, you are ready to integrate PayPal data into your Power Automate workflows. Open Microsoft Power Automate, add a new flow, and name the flow.
In the flow editor, you can add the options to connect to PayPal, query PayPal using SQL, and write the query results to a CSV document.
Add an Open SQL Connection Action
Add an "Open SQL connection" action (Action -> Database) and click the option to build the Connection string. In the Data Link Properties wizard:
- On the Provider tab: select Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
- On the Connection tab:
- Select or enter a server name: set to tds.cdata.com,14333
- Enter information to lag onto the server: select "Use a specific username and password"
- Set User name to your CData Connect Cloud user name (e.g. [email protected])
- Set Password to your PAT
- Select the database: use the database configured above (e.g. PayPal1)
- Click "Test Connection" to ensure the connection is configured properly
- Click "OK"
After building the connection string in the Data Link Properties wizard, save the action.
Add an Execute SQL Statement Action
Add an "Execute SQL statement" action (Action -> Database) and configure the properties.
- Get connection by: SQL connection variable
- SQL connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
- SQL statement: SELECT * FROM Transactions
After configuring the properties, save the action.
Add a Write to CSV File Action
Add a "Write to CSV file" action (Action -> File) and configure the properties.
- Variable to write to: %QueryResult% (the variable from the "Execute SQL statement" action above)
- File path: set to a file on disk
- Configure Advanced settings as needed.
After configuring the properties, save the action.
Add a Close SQL Connection Action
Add a "Close SQL connection" action (Action -> Database) and configure the properties.
- SQL Connection: %SQLConnection% (the variable from the "Open SQL connection" action above)
After configuring the properties, save the action.
Save & Run the Flow
Once you have configured all the options for the flow, click the disk icon to save the flow. Click the play icon to run the flow.
Now you have a workflow to save PayPal data into a CSV file.
With CData Connect Cloud, you get live connectivity to PayPal data within your Microsoft Power Automate workflows.
SQL Access to PayPal Data from Cloud Applications
Now you have a direct connection to live PayPal data from Power Automate tasks. You can create more connections and workflows to drive business — all without replicating PayPal data.
To get SQL data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, sign up for a free trial of CData Connect Cloud.
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