Automate GitLab Integration Tasks from PowerShell

The CData API Driver for ADO.NET is a standard ADO.NET Provider that make it easy to accomplish data cleansing, normalization, backup, and other integration tasks by enabling real-time access to GitLab.

ADO.NET Provider

The ADO.NET Provider provides a SQL interface for GitLab; this tutorial shows how to use the Provider to retrieve GitLab data.

Once you have acquired the necessary connection properties, accessing GitLab data in PowerShell can be enabled in three steps.

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

GitLab API Profile Settings

Create a Personal Access Token in GitLab under User Settings > Access Tokens, selecting the required scopes (e.g.,

read_api

api

1. Load the provider's assembly:

   [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Program Files\CData\CData API Driver for ADO.NET\lib\System.Data.CData.API.dll")
       

2. Connect to GitLab:

    
   $conn= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIConnection("Profile=C:\profiles\GitLab.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_personal_access_token';")
   $conn.Open()
   

3. Instantiate the APIDataAdapter, execute an SQL query, and output the results:

   $sql="SELECT Id, Username from AccessRequests"
   
   $da= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIDataAdapter($sql, $conn)
   $dt= New-Object System.Data.DataTable
   $da.Fill($dt)
   
   $dt.Rows | foreach {
   	Write-Host $_.id $_.username
   }