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Use the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for WordPress to create a WordPress data source in TIBCO Data Virtualization Studio and gain access to live WordPress data from your TDV Server.
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 WordPress, you get federated access to live WordPress data directly within TIBCO Data Virtualization. This article walks through deploying an adapter and creating a new data source based on WordPress.
With built-in optimized data processing, the CData TIBCO DV Adapter offers unmatched performance for interacting with live WordPress data. When you issue complex SQL queries to WordPress, the adapter pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to WordPress. Its built-in dynamic metadata querying allows you to work with and analyze WordPress data using native data types.
Deploy the WordPress TIBCO DV Adapter
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 WordPress
Extract the CData TIBCO DV Adapter to a local folder and deploy the JAR file (tdv.wordpress.jar) to the server from the extract location.
.\server_util.bat -server localhost -user admin -password ******** -deploy -package /PATH/TO/tdv.wordpress.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 WordPress Using OAuth
Since WordPress 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 WordPress directly from the adapter.
The following code sample shows how to authenticate with WordPress. You will simply need to execute the Java application with the tdv.wordpress.jar file in the class path.
WordPressOAuth oauth = new WordPressOAuth(); oauth.generateOAuthSettingsFile("InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;" + "Url=http://www.yourwordpresshost.com;" + "OAuthSettingsLocation=C:\wordpress\OAuthSettings.txt;");
Once you deploy the adapter and authenticate, you can create a new data source for WordPress in TDV Studio.
Create a WordPress Data Source in TDV Studio
With the CData TIBCO DV Adapter for WordPress, you can easily create a data source for WordPress and introspect the data source to add resources to TDV.
Create the Data Source
- Right-click on the folder you wish to add the data source to and select New -> New Data Source.
- Scroll until you find the adapter (e.g. WordPress) and click Next.
- Name the data source (e.g. CData WordPress Source).
Fill in the required connection properties.
To connect to WordPress, set the URL property and other authentication properties. WordPress supports Basic (User and Password) and OAuth2.0 authentication, though Basic is recommended for a testing environment only. To connect with OAuth you will need to register an app with WordPress.
See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.
NOTE: Set the OAuthSettingsLocation property in the DV Adapter to the same value you used when performing the OAuth authentication (see above).
- 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 WordPress tables, views, and stored procedures as resources.
After creating and introspecting the data source, you are ready to work with WordPress 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.