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Use CData Connect Cloud to connect to and query live ShipStation data from Filemaker Pro on Mac.
FileMaker Pro is a cross-platform relational database application that allows users to visually modify a database. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, FileMaker Pro gets access to live ShipStation data. This article demonstrates how to connect to ShipStation using Connect Cloud and query ShipStation data in FileMaker Pro.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure SQL Server interface for ShipStation, allowing you to query data from ShipStation without replicating the data to a natively supported database. Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc.) directly to ShipStation, leveraging server-side processing to return the requested ShipStation data quickly.
Configure ShipStation Connectivity for FileMaker Pro
Connectivity to ShipStation from FileMaker Pro is made possible through CData Connect Cloud. To work with ShipStation data from FileMaker Pro, we start by creating and configuring a ShipStation connection.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "ShipStation" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to ShipStation.
Use the BASIC Authentication standard to connect.
- Login to your ShipStation account
- Click on the settings icon in the upper right corner. A column menu will show up on the left
- Click Account -> API Settings
- On the API Settings page, note the API Key and API Secret.
Authenticating to ShipStation
- APIKey: Set this to the API key from the API settings page.
- APISecret: Set this to the Secret key from the API settings page.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add ShipStation 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.
Connect to ShipStation from FileMaker Pro using Connect Cloud
To establish a connection from FileMaker Pro to the CData Connect Cloud Virtual SQL Server API, follow these steps.
Configure the ODBC Connection to CData Connect Cloud
- Download and install the Actual ODBC Driver for SQL Server (actualtech.com)
- Configure a DSN for the Actual ODBC driver by setting the following properties:
- URL: tds.cdata.com
- Port: Change the port from 1433 to 14333
- Username: Your Connect Cloud email address
- Password: the PAT you created earlier
Query ShipStation from FileMaker Pro
- In the SQL Query Builder "SELECT" tab, select the columns to include as part of the query.
- Open the "WHERE" tab of the SQL Query Builder and select "Show only selected columns."
- In "Table.Column,"" select a table and a column name.
- Set the "Operator" to =.
- Select "Column," and then select the same table and column name as "Table.Column."
- Click "Insert into SQL Query."
- If no other modifications to the SQL query are required, click "Execute."
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