Automate Basecamp Integration Tasks from PowerShell

The CData Cmdlets for Basecamp are standard PowerShell cmdlets that make it easy to accomplish data cleansing, normalization, backup, and other integration tasks by enabling real-time and bidirectional access to Basecamp.

Cmdlets or ADO.NET?

The cmdlets are not only a PowerShell interface to the Basecamp API, but also an SQL interface; this tutorial shows how to use both to create, retrieve, update, and delete Basecamp data. We also show examples of the ADO.NET equivalent, which is possible with the CData ADO.NET Provider for Basecamp. To access Basecamp data from other .NET applications, like LINQPad, use the CData ADO.NET Provider for Basecamp.

After obtaining the needed connection properties, accessing Basecamp data in PowerShell consists of three basic steps.

Basecamp uses basic or OAuth 2.0 authentication. To use basic authentication you will need the user and password that you use for logging in to Basecamp. To authenticate to Basecamp via OAuth 2.0, you will need to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with Basecamp.

See the Getting Started section in the help documentation for a connection guide.

Additionally, you will need to specify the AccountId connection property. This can be copied from the URL after you log in.

PowerShell

1. Install the module:

   Install-Module BasecampCmdlets

2. Connect:

   $basecamp = Connect-Basecamp -User "$User" -Password "$Password"

3. Search for and retrieve data:

   $drafts = "True" $projects = Select-Basecamp -Connection $basecamp -Table "Projects" -Where "Drafts = `'$Drafts`'" $projects

   You can also use the Invoke-Basecamp cmdlet to execute SQL commands:

   $projects = Invoke-Basecamp -Connection $basecamp -Query 'SELECT * FROM Projects WHERE Drafts = @Drafts' -Params @{'@Drafts'='True'}

ADO.NET

1. Load the provider's assembly:

   [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Program Files\CData\CData ADO.NET Provider for Basecamp\lib\System.Data.CData.Basecamp.dll")

2. Connect to Basecamp:

   $conn= New-Object System.Data.CData.Basecamp.BasecampConnection("User=test@northwind.db;Password=test123;") $conn.Open()

3. Instantiate the BasecampDataAdapter, execute an SQL query, and output the results:

   $sql="SELECT Name, DocumentsCount from Projects" $da= New-Object System.Data.CData.Basecamp.BasecampDataAdapter($sql, $conn) $dt= New-Object System.Data.DataTable $da.Fill($dt) $dt.Rows | foreach { Write-Host $_.name $_.documentscount }

Update Basecamp Data

PowerShell

ADO.NET

Insert Basecamp Data

PowerShell

ADO.NET

Delete Basecamp Data

PowerShell

ADO.NET