Access Live Trello Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization

TIBCO Data Virtualization (TDV) is an enterprise data virtualization solution that orchestrates access to multiple and varied data sources. When paired with the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Trello, you get federated access to live Trello data directly within TIBCO Data Virtualization. This article walks through deploying an adapter and creating a new data source based on Trello.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData TIBCO DV Adapter offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Trello data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Trello, the adapter pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Trello. Its built-in dynamic metadata querying allows you to work with and analyze Trello data using native data types.

Deploy the Trello TIBCO DV Adapter

1. In a console, navigate to the bin folder in the TDV Server installation directory. If there is a current version of the adapter installed, you will need to undeploy it.

   .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -undeploy -version 1 -name Trello
   

2. Extract the CData TIBCO DV Adapter to a local folder and deploy the JAR file (tdv.trello.jar) to the server from the extract location.

   .\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -deploy -package /PATH/TO/tdv.trello.jar
   

You may need to restart the server to ensure the new JAR file is loaded properly, which can be accomplished by running the composite.bat script located at: C:\Program Files\TIBCO\TDV Server <version>\bin. Note that reauthenticating to the TDV Studio is required after restarting the server.

Sample Restart Call

.\composite.bat monitor restart

Authenticate with Trello Using OAuth

Since Trello authenticates using the OAuth protocol and TDV Studio does not support browser-based authentication internally, you will need to create and run a simple Java application to retrieve the OAuth tokens. Once retrieved, the tokens are used to connect to Trello directly from the adapter.

The following code sample shows how to authenticate with Trello. You will simply need to execute the Java application with the tdv.trello.jar file in the class path.

TrelloOAuth oauth = new TrelloOAuth();  
oauth.generateOAuthSettingsFile("InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;" + 
                                  "APIKey=myApiKey;Token=myGeneratedToken;" + 
                                  "OAuthSettingsLocation=C:\trello\OAuthSettings.txt;");

Once you deploy the adapter and authenticate, you can create a new data source for Trello in TDV Studio.

Create a Trello Data Source in TDV Studio

With the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for Trello, you can easily create a data source for Trello and introspect the data source to add resources to TDV.

Create the Data Source

1. Right-click on the folder you wish to add the data source to and select New -> New Data Source.
2. Scroll until you find the adapter (e.g. Trello) and click Next.
3. Name the data source (e.g. CData Trello Source).

4. Fill in the required connection properties.

   Trello uses token-based authentication to grant third-party applications access to their API. When a user has granted an application access to their data, the application is given a token that can be used to make requests to Trello's API.

   Trello's API can be accessed in 2 different ways. The first is using Trello's own Authorization Route, and the second is using OAuth1.0.

   • Authorization Route: At the moment of registration, Trello assigns an API key and Token to the account. See the Help documentation for information on how to connect via the Authorization route.
   • OAuth Route: Similar to using Authorization, OAuth creates an Application Id and Secret when you create your account. See the Help documentation for information on how to to connect.

   NOTE: Set the OAuthSettingsLocation property in the DV Adapter to the same value you used when performing the OAuth authentication (see above).

5. Click Create & Close.

Introspect the Data Source

Once the data source is created, you can introspect the data source by right-clicking and selecting Open. In the dashboard, click Add/Remove Resources and select the Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures to include as part of the data source. Click Next and Finish to add the selected Trello tables, views, and stored procedures as resources.

After creating and introspecting the data source, you are ready to work with Trello data in TIBCO Data Virtualization just like you would any other relational data source. You can create views, query using SQL, publish the data source, and more.