Query Authorize.Net Data through ODBC in Node.js

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript code outside of a browser. With the CData ODBC Driver for Authorize.Net, you can access live Authorize.Net data from Node.js apps and scripts. In this article, we walk through installing node-odbc and the required tools to create a simple Node.js app with access to live Authorize.Net data.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData ODBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Authorize.Net data in Node.js. When you issue complex SQL queries from Node.js to Authorize.Net, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Authorize.Net and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connecting to Authorize.Net Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

You can obtain the necessary connection properties on the Security Settings -> General Settings page after logging into your Merchant Account.

• UseSandbox: The Authorize.Net API to be used to process transactions. If you are using a production account, this property can be left blank. If you are using a developer test account, set this to 'TRUE'.
• LoginID: The API login Id associated with your payment gateway account. This property is used to authenticate that you are authorized to submit website transactions. Note that this value is not the same as the login Id that you use to log in to the Merchant Interface.
• TransactionKey: The transaction key associated with your payment gateway account. This property is used to authenticate that you are authorized to submit website transactions.

Building node-odbc

In order to connect to Authorize.Net through the CData ODBC Driver, you need to build node-odbc manually (after installing the required tools).

Installing the Required Tools

The following commands install the tools required to build node-odbc (note the -g parameter, which installs the tools globally).

npm i -g windows-build-tools
npm i -g node-gyp

Building node-odbc

After installing the required tools, create a directory for the Node.js app and install odbc (which builds the binary for us to use in our Node.js script).

mkdir nodeodbc
cd nodeodbc
npm i -g node

Querying Authorize.Net from Node.js

With the ODBC Driver installed, a DSN Configured, and node-odbc built, we are ready to query live Authorize.Net data from a Node.js app. The sample code below connects to a specific DSN and queries the SettledBatchList table.

myscript.js

const odbc = require('odbc');

async function queryAuthorizeNet() {
    const connection = await odbc.connect(`DSN=CData AuthorizeNet Source`);
    const data = await connection.query('SELECT MarketType, TotalCharge FROM SettledBatchList');
    console.log(data);
}

queryAuthorizeNet();

Once you write the app, use node to execute the script:

node myscript.js

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