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Import Real-Time eBay Analytics Data in ColdFusion to Build Applications


Use CData ODBC drivers to import and use eBay Analytics data in ColdFusion.

Adobe ColdFusion is a web and mobile application development platform. It uses its own scripting language, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), to create data-driven websites as well as generate remote services, such as REST. When ColdFusion is paired with the CData ODBC Driver for eBay Analytics, you can link your ColdFusion web and mobile applications to operational eBay Analytics data. This allows for your applications to be more robust and complete. This article details how to use the ODBC driver to create a table populated with eBay Analytics data from within a ColdFusion markup file.

To follow along with this tutorial, you need to install the CData ODBC Driver for eBay Analytics and Adobe ColdFusion.

Configuring the Connection

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (Data Source Name). This is the last step of the driver installation process. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

You can authenticate to eBay Analytics only via the OAuth 2 authentication method. The eBay Analytics API requires an access token created with the authorization code grant flow to authorize the requests.

You can follow the guide in the Help documentation for a step by step guide on how to authenticate using the OAuth 2 protocol.

Adding a Data Source and Creating a Table

After creating a DSN, follow the steps below to add a new data source, test our connection to it, create a ColdFusion markup file, and, finally, import eBay Analytics eBay Analytics data and display it in a table in ColdFusion:

  1. From the ColdFusion administrator interface, choose Data & Services.
  2. Here, click "Add New Data Source". The data source name can be any name, provided it conforms to the ColdFusion variable naming conventions. For our ODBC driver, choose "ODBC Socket", then click the "Add" button.
  3. From the ODBC DSN Dropdown menu select CData eBay Analytics Sys. Under the Advanced Settings section, leave the Connection String blank. Note that any properties specified in this input field will override the ones specified in the DSN Configuration.
  4. Now, test the connection by pressing the check mark to the left of the CDataeBay AnalyticsODBC data source you just created. When the data source reports an "OK" status, it is ready for use.
  5. Next, create a new ColdFusion Markup file (.cfm) and place it in the wwwroot directory ("C:\ColdFusion2021\cfusion\wwwroot") for ColdFusion.

    The following code queries the data source: 

                
        <cfquery name="eBay AnalyticsQuery" dataSource="CDataeBay AnalyticsODBC"> 
          SELECT * FROM TrafficReportByListing 
        </cfquery>
    And a CFTable can be used to quickly output the table in HTML: 
                
          <cftable  
          query = "eBay AnalyticsQuery" 
          border = "1" 
          colHeaders 
          colSpacing = "2" 
          headerLines = "2" 
          HTMLTable 
          maxRows = "500" 
          startRow = "1"> 

          <cfcol header="<b>ListingName</b>" align="Left" width=2 text="ListingName"/> 

          <cfcol header="<b>ClickThroughRate</b>" align="Left" width=15 text="ClickThroughRate"/> 

          ...

        </cftable>
    Full code, including the HTML portion is available below: 
                
        <html> 
        <head><title>CData Software | eBay Analytics TrafficReportByListing Table Demo </title></head> 
        <body> 
        <cfoutput>#ucase("eBay Analytics TrafficReportByListing Table Demo")#</cfoutput> 
        <cfquery name="eBay AnalyticsQuery" dataSource="CDataeBay AnalyticsODBC"> 

          SELECT * FROM TrafficReportByListing 

        </cfquery> 
        <cftable  
          query = "eBay AnalyticsQuery" 
          border = "1" 
          colHeaders 
          colSpacing = "2" 
          headerLines = "2" 
          HTMLTable 
          maxRows = "500" 
          startRow = "1"> 
          <cfcol header="<b>ListingName</b>" align="Left" width=2 text="ListingName"/> 

          <cfcol header="<b>ClickThroughRate</b>" align="Left" width=15 text="ClickThroughRate"/> 

          ...

        </cftable> 
        </body> 

        </html>
  6. Finally, run the code in a browser. It produces a table populated with eBay Analytics data!

As a note, the CData ODBC Drivers also support parameterized queries using the cfqueryparam element. For example: SELECT * FROM Account WHERE name =

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The eBay Analytics ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from eBay Analytics, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access eBay Analytics data like you would a database, including eBay Analytics Traffic, Customers, Sellers, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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