Integrate WooCommerce with External Services using SnapLogic

SnapLogic is an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) that allows users to create data integration flows with no code. When paired with the CData JDBC Drivers, users get access to live data from more than 250+ SaaS, Big Data and NoSQL sources, including WooCommerce, in their SnapLogic workflows.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData JDBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live WooCommerce data. When platforms issue complex SQL queries to WooCommerce, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to WooCommerce and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations). Its built-in dynamic metadata querying lets you work with WooCommerce data using native data types.

Connect to WooCommerce in SnapLogic

To connect to WooCommerce data in SnapLogic, download and install the CData WooCommerce JDBC Driver. Follow the installation dialog. When the installation is complete, the JAR file can be found in the installation directory (C:/Program Files/CData/CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce/lib by default).

Upload the WooCommerce JDBC Driver

After installation, upload the JDBC JAR file to a location in SnapLogic (for example, projects/Jerod Johnson) from the Manager tab.

Configure the Connection

Once the JDBC Driver is uploaded, we can create the connection to WooCommerce.

1. Navigate to the Designer tab
2. Expand "JDBC" from Snaps and drag a "Generic JDBC - Select" snap onto the designer
3. Click Add Account (or select an existing one) and click "Continue"
4. In the next form, configure the JDBC connection properties:
   • Under JDBC JARs, add the JAR file we previously uploaded
   • Set JDBC Driver Class to cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.WooCommerceDriver

   • Set JDBC URL to a JDBC connection string for the WooCommerce JDBC Driver, for example:

     jdbc:woocommerce:Url=https://example.com/; ConsumerKey=ck_ec52c76185c088ecaa3145287c8acba55a6f59ad; ConsumerSecret=cs_9fde14bf57126156701a7563fc87575713c355e5; RTK=XXXXXX;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

     NOTE: RTK is a trial or full key. Contact our Support team for more information.

     Built-In Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.jar

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

     WooCommerce supports the following authentication methods: one-legged OAuth1.0 Authentication and standard OAuth2.0 Authentication.

     Connecting using one-legged OAuth 1.0 Authentication

     Specify the following properties (NOTE: the below credentials are generated from WooCommerce settings page and should not be confused with the credentials generated by using WordPress OAuth2.0 plugin):

     • ConsumerKey
     • ConsumerSecret

     Connecting using WordPress OAuth 2.0 Authentication

     After having configured the plugin, you may connect to WooCommerce by providing the following connection properties:

     • OAuthClientId
     • OAuthClientSecret
     • CallbackURL
     • InitiateOAuth - Set this to either GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH

     In either case, you will need to set the Url property to the URL of the WooCommerce instance.

5. After entering the connection properties, click "Validate" and "Apply"

Read WooCommerce Data

In the form that opens after validating and applying the connection, configure your query.

• Set Schema name to "WooCommerce"
• Set Table name to a table for WooCommerce using the schema name, for example: "WooCommerce"."Orders" (use the drop-down to see the full list of available tables)
• Add Output fields for each item you wish to work with from the table

Save the Generic JDBC - Select snap.

With connection and query configured, click the end of the snap to preview the data (highlighted below).

Once you confirm the results are what you expect, you can add additional snaps to funnel your WooCommerce data to another endpoint.

Piping WooCommerce Data to External Services

For this article, we will load data in a Google Spreadsheet. You can use any of the supported snaps, or even use a Generic JDBC snap with another CData JDBC Driver, to move data into an external service.

1. Start by dropping a "Worksheet Writer" snap onto the end of the "Generic JDBC - Select" snap.
2. Add an account to connect to Google Sheets
3. Configure the Worksheet Writer snap to write your WooCommerce data to a Google Spreadsheet

You can now execute the fully configured pipeline to extract data from WooCommerce and push it into a Google Spreadsheet.

Piping External Data to WooCommerce

As mentioned above, you can also use the JDBC Driver for WooCommerce in SnapLogic to write data to WooCommerce. Start by adding a Generic JDBC - Insert or Generic JDBC - Update snap to the dashboard.

1. Select the existing "Account" (connection) or create a new one
2. Configure the query:
   • Set Schema name to "WooCommerce"
   • Set Table name to a table for WooCommerce using the schema name, for example: "WooCommerce"."Orders" (use the drop-down to see the full list of available tables)
3. Save the Generic JDBC - Insert/Update snap

At this point, you have configured a snap to write data to WooCommerce, inserting new records or updating existing ones.

More Information & Free Trial

Using the CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce you can create a pipeline in SnapLogic for integrating WooCommerce data with external services. For more information about connecting to WooCommerce, check at our CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce page. Download a free, 30 day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce and get started today.