Connect to Cvent Data in RazorSQL



Connect to Cvent from wizards and query Cvent data from the GUI in the RazorSQL database management tool.

The CData JDBC Driver for Cvent enables standards-based access from third-party tools, from wizards in IDEs to data management and analysis tools. This article shows how to connect to Cvent using wizards in RazorSQL.

Create a JDBC Data Source for Cvent Data

  1. Open the RazorSQL application and, in the Connections menu, select Add Connection Profile -> Other -> JDBC.
  2. In the Connection Wizard that appears, set the following properties:
    • Driver Location: Set this property to the path to the lib subfolder in the installation directory.
    • Driver Class: Set the driver class to cdata.jdbc.cvent.CventDriver.
    • Username: Enter the username. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
    • Password: Enter the password. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
    • JDBC URL: Enter connection parameters. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:cvent: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

      Before you can authenticate to Cvent, you must create a workspace and an OAuth application.

      Creating a Workspace

      To create a workspace:

      1. Sign into Cvent and navigate to App Switcher (the blue button in the upper right corner of the page) >> Admin.
      2. In the Admin menu, navigate to Integrations >> REST API.
      3. A new tab launches for Developer Management. Click on Manage API Access in the new tab.
      4. Create a Workspace and name it. Select the scopes you would like your developers to have access to. Scopes control what data domains the developer can access.
        • Choose All to allow developers to choose any scope, and any future scopes added to the REST API.
        • Choose Custom to limit the scopes developers can choose for their OAuth apps to selected scopes. To access all tables exposed by the driver, you need to set the following scopes:
          event/attendees:readevent/attendees:writeevent/contacts:read
          event/contacts:writeevent/custom-fields:readevent/custom-fields:write
          event/events:readevent/events:writeevent/sessions:delete
          event/sessions:readevent/sessions:writeevent/speakers:delete
          event/speakers:readevent/speakers:writebudget/budget-items:read
          budget/budget-items:writeexhibitor/exhibitors:readexhibitor/exhibitors:write
          survey/surveys:readsurvey/surveys:write

      Creating an OAuth Application

      After you have set up a Workspace and invited them, developers can sign up and create a custom OAuth app. See the Creating a Custom OAuth Application section in the Help documentation for more information.

      Connecting to Cvent

      After creating an OAuth application, set the following connection properties to connect to Cvent:

      • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. Used to automatically get and refresh the OAuthAccessToken.
      • OAuthClientId: The Client ID associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Cvent Developer Portal.
      • OAuthClientSecret: The Client secret associated with the OAuth application. You can find this on the Applications page in the Cvent Developer Portal.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

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

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.cvent.jar

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

      A typical JDBC URL is the following:

      jdbc:cvent:OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query Cvent Data and Select Tables

After establishing a connection, the wizard will close and the connection will be available in the connections panel. You can then query the tables.

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