Query HubSpot Data through ODBC in Node.js

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript code outside of a browser. With the CData ODBC Driver for HubSpot, you can access live HubSpot data from Node.js apps and scripts. In this article, we walk through installing node-odbc and the required tools to create a simple Node.js app with access to live HubSpot data.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData ODBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live HubSpot data in Node.js. When you issue complex SQL queries from Node.js to HubSpot, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to HubSpot and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connecting to HubSpot Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

HubSpot uses the OAuth authentication standard. You can use the embedded OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL or you can obtain your own by registering an app.

See the Getting Started chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

Building node-odbc

In order to connect to HubSpot through the CData ODBC Driver, you need to build node-odbc manually (after installing the required tools).

Installing the Required Tools

The following commands install the tools required to build node-odbc (note the -g parameter, which installs the tools globally).

npm i -g windows-build-tools
npm i -g node-gyp

Building node-odbc

After installing the required tools, create a directory for the Node.js app and install odbc (which builds the binary for us to use in our Node.js script).

mkdir nodeodbc
cd nodeodbc
npm i -g node

Querying HubSpot from Node.js

With the ODBC Driver installed, a DSN Configured, and node-odbc built, we are ready to query live HubSpot data from a Node.js app. The sample code below connects to a specific DSN and queries the Prospects table.

myscript.js

const odbc = require('odbc');

async function queryHubSpot() {
    const connection = await odbc.connect(`DSN=CData HubSpot Source`);
    const data = await connection.query('SELECT Slug, PageViews FROM Prospects');
    console.log(data);
}

queryHubSpot();

Once you write the app, use node to execute the script:

node myscript.js

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for HubSpot and start working with your live HubSpot data in Node.js. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.