Automate Instantly Integration Tasks from PowerShell

Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
Are you in search of a quick and easy way to access Instantly data from PowerShell? This article demonstrates how to utilize the Instantly Cmdlets for tasks like connecting to Instantly data, automating operations, downloading data, and more.

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 Instantly.

ADO.NET Provider

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

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

Using API Key Authentication

Instantly uses API keys to authenticate requests. You can find or create your API key in the Instantly workspace settings under API & Webhooks.

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
  • APIKey: Set this to your Instantly API key (Bearer token for API v2).

Example connection string

Profile=C:\profiles\Instantly.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings="APIKey=your_api_key";
  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 Instantly:

     
    $conn= New-Object System.Data.CData.API.APIConnection("Profile=C:\profiles\Instantly.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings="APIKey=your_api_key";")
    $conn.Open()
    
  3. Instantiate the APIDataAdapter, execute an SQL query, and output the results:

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

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