Connect to Figshare Data in DBArtisan
The CData ODBC Driver for Figshare seamlessly integrates Figshare data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Figshare data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Figshare in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.
Integrate Figshare Data into DBArtisan Projects
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. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Figshare Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Figshare.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Figshare (see below).
Figshare API Profile Settings
Personal API tokens can be created and managed from the Applications page in your Figshare account settings.
You can then follow the steps below to register Figshare data as a database instance in your project:
- In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
- Select Generic ODBC.
- Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
- Finish the wizard to connect to Figshare data. Figshare entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.
You can now work with Figshare data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Figshare API.
