Access Zoho Creator Data in Mule Applications Using the CData JDBC Driver



Create a simple Mule Application that uses HTTP and SQL with CData JDBC drivers to create a JSON endpoint for Zoho Creator data.

The CData JDBC Driver for Zoho Creator connects Zoho Creator data to Mule applications enabling read , write, update, and delete functionality with familiar SQL queries. The JDBC Driver allows users to easily create Mule applications to backup, transform, report, and analyze Zoho Creator data.

This article demonstrates how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Zoho Creator inside of a Mule project to create a Web interface for Zoho Creator data. The application created allows you to request Zoho Creator data using an HTTP request and have the results returned as JSON. The exact same procedure outlined below can be used with any CData JDBC Driver to create a Web interface for the 200+ available data sources.

  1. Create a new Mule Project in Anypoint Studio.
  2. Add an HTTP Connector to the Message Flow.
  3. Configure the address for the HTTP Connector.
  4. Add a Database Select Connector to the same flow, after the HTTP Connector.
  5. Create a new Connection (or edit an existing one) and configure the properties.
    • Set Connection to "Generic Connection"
    • Select the CData JDBC Driver JAR file in the Required Libraries section (e.g. cdata.jdbc.zohocreator.jar).
    • Set the URL to the connection string for Zoho Creator

      The connector is already registered with Zoho Creator as an OAuth application.

      If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Help documentation.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

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

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.zohocreator.jar

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

    • Set the Driver class name to cdata.jdbc.zohocreator.ZohoCreatorDriver.
    • Click Test Connection.
  6. Set the SQL Query Text to a SQL query to request Zoho Creator data. For example: SELECT ID, Leave_Type FROM Leave_Types WHERE Leave_Type = 'Sick'
  7. Add a Transform Message Component to the flow.
  8. Set the Output script to the following to convert the payload to JSON:
    %dw 2.0
    output application/json
    ---
    payload
            
  9. To view your Zoho Creator data, navigate to the address you configured for the HTTP Connector (localhost:8081 by default): http://localhost:8081. The Zoho Creator data is available as JSON in your Web browser and any other tools capable of consuming JSON endpoints.

At this point, you have a simple Web interface for working with Zoho Creator data (as JSON data) in custom apps and a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools. Download a free, 30 day trial of the JDBC Driver for Zoho Creator and see the CData difference in your Mule Applications today.

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