Manage Drip Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source

The CData JDBC Driver for Drip seamlessly integrates Drip data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Drip data as a database. This article shows how to create a JDBC source for Drip in DBArtisan. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Drip Data into DBArtisan Projects

Follow the steps below to register Drip data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic JDBC.
3. Click Manage.
4. In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
5. In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.

   Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Drip Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Drip.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Drip (see below).

   Drip API Profile Settings

   To use Token Authentication, specify your APIKey within the ProfileSettings connection property. The APIKey should be set to your Drip personal API Token.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

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

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar

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

   Below is a typical connection string:

   jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Drip.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=my_api_token';
6. Finish the wizard to connect to Drip data. Drip entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Drip data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Drip API.