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Use CData Connect Cloud to create an OData feed for Elasticsearch Data and create custom apps in Bubble.
Bubble is a no-code platform that simplifies the process of developing and launching apps and businesses. When coupled with CData Connect Cloud, you gain effortless no-code access to Elasticsearch data for streamlined app development. This article guides you through the integration process from Bubble to Elasticsearch using CData Connect Cloud.
CData Connect Cloud provides a pure cloud-to-cloud OData interface for Elasticsearch data that allows you to integrate from Bubble to Elasticsearch data in real time.
About Elasticsearch Data Integration
Accessing and integrating live data from Elasticsearch has never been easier with CData. Customers rely on CData connectivity to:
- Access both the SQL endpoints and REST endpoints, optimizing connectivity and offering more options when it comes to reading and writing Elasticsearch data.
- Connect to virtually every Elasticsearch instance starting with v2.2 and Open Source Elasticsearch subscriptions.
- Always receive a relevance score for the query results without explicitly requiring the SCORE() function, simplifying access from 3rd party tools and easily seeing how the query results rank in text relevance.
- Search through multiple indices, relying on Elasticsearch to manage and process the query and results instead of the client machine.
Users frequently integrate Elasticsearch data with analytics tools such as Crystal Reports, Power BI, and Excel, and leverage our tools to enable a single, federated access layer to all of their data sources, including Elasticsearch.
For more information on CData's Elasticsearch solutions, check out our Knowledge Base article: CData Elasticsearch Driver Features & Differentiators.
Getting Started
Connect to Elasticsearch from Bubble
To work with Elasticsearch data from Bubble, we need to connect to Elasticsearch from Connect Cloud, provide user access to the connection, and create OData endpoints for the Elasticsearch data.
(Optional) Add a New Connect Cloud User
As needed, create Users to connect to Elasticsearch through Connect Cloud.
- Navigate to the Users page and click Invite Users
- Enter the new user's email address and click Send to invite the user
- You can review and edit users from the Users page
Add a Personal Access Token
If you are connecting from a service, application, platform, or framework that does not support OAuth authentication, you can create a Personal Access Token (PAT) to use for authentication. Best practices would dictate that you create a separate PAT for each service, to maintain granularity of access.
- Click on your username at the top right of the Connect Cloud app and click User Profile.
- On the User Profile page, scroll down to the Personal Access Tokens section and click Create PAT.
- Give your PAT a name and click Create.
- The personal access token is only visible at creation, so be sure to copy it and store it securely for future use.
Connect to Elasticsearch from Connect Cloud
CData Connect Cloud uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources.
- Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
- Select "Elasticsearch" from the Add Connection panel
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Elasticsearch.
Set the Server and Port connection properties to connect. To authenticate, set the User and Password properties, PKI (public key infrastructure) properties, or both. To use PKI, set the SSLClientCert, SSLClientCertType, SSLClientCertSubject, and SSLClientCertPassword properties.
The data provider uses X-Pack Security for TLS/SSL and authentication. To connect over TLS/SSL, prefix the Server value with 'https://'. Note: TLS/SSL and client authentication must be enabled on X-Pack to use PKI.
Once the data provider is connected, X-Pack will then perform user authentication and grant role permissions based on the realms you have configured.
- Click Create & Test
- Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Elasticsearch Connection page and update the User-based permissions.
Configure Elasticsearch Endpoints for Bubble
After connecting to Elasticsearch, create a workspace and virtual dataset for your desired table(s).
- Navigate to the Virtual Datasets page and click Add to create a new Workspace (or select an existing workspace).
- Click Add to add new assets to the Workspace.
- Select the Elasticsearch connection (e.g. Elasticsearch1) and click Next.
- Select the table(s) you wish to work with and click Confirm.
- Make note of the OData Service URL for your workspace, e.g. https://cloud.cdata.com/api/odata/{workspace_name}
With the connection and Workspace configured, you are ready to connect to Elasticsearch data from Bubble.
Build a Elasticsearch-Connected App
With OData endpoints added to Connect Cloud, you can build an app in Bubble with live access to Elasticsearch data.
Configure the Bubble API Connector
To start, Configure the API Connector for accessing CData Connect Cloud from Bubble.
- In your app, click the Plugins tab and click Add plugins
- Search for "API Connector" and click Install
- After installation, click the "Add another API" button and configure the API:
- Name the API
- Set Authentication to "HTTP Basic Auth"
- Set Username to a Connect Cloud user (e.g. [email protected])
- Set Password to the PAT for the above user
- Expand the API Call, select the "GET" command and set the URL to a Workspace endpoint you previously configured (e.g. https://cloud.cdata.com/api/odata/{workspace_name}/Orders)
- Click the "Initialize call" button to adjust data types in the response (as needed)
- After making any necessary changes, click "Save"
Configure the App UI
With the API Connector configure, you are ready to retrieve Elasticsearch data in your Bubble app. In this article, we request the data with a UI component that can display an Excel-like table.
- On the Plugin tab, install the "Excel-like HandsonTable"
- On the Design tab, add an "Excel Table" to the workspace
- In the Excel Table, in Data source, select "Get data from an external API"
- Set Type of content to "API Call value"
- Set Data source to "CData Connect Cloud - API Call's value" (or equivalent)
- Click "Preview" to ensure the data was retrieved from Elasticsearch.
At this point, you can develop applications with live access to Elasticsearch data without needing to know the complexities of the back-end API.
Live Access to Elasticsearch Data from Cloud Applications
Now you have a direct connection to live Elasticsearch data from Bubble. You can create more Elasticsearch-connected apps — all without writing any code or replicating Elasticsearch data.
To get live data access to 100+ SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources directly from your cloud applications, see the CData Connect Cloud.