How to connect to Keap Data with Squirrel SQL client

Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
Connect to Keap data and execute queries in the Squirrel SQL Client.

The CData JDBC Driver for Keap enables you to execute queries to Keap data in tools like Squirrel SQL Client. In this article, you will create a JDBC data source for Keap data and execute queries.

Add the JDBC Driver for Keap

Follow the steps below to add the driver JAR.

  1. In Squirrel SQL, click Windows -> View Drivers.
  2. Click the plus icon to open the Add Driver wizard.
  3. In the Name box, enter a user-friendly name for the driver; for example, CData JDBC Driver for Keap.
  4. In the Example URL box, enter jdbc:api:
  5. In the Extra Class Path tab, click Add.
  6. In the file explorer dialog that opens, select the JAR file for the driver, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
  7. Click List Drivers to populate the Class Name menu with the class name for the driver, cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver.

Define Connection Properties

Follow the steps below to save connection properties in the driver alias.

  1. Click Windows -> View Aliases.
  2. In the pane that lists the aliases, click the plus icon.
  3. In the Add Alias wizard that opens, the following fields are required for the JDBC driver:

    • Name: Enter a name for the alias; for example, CData Keap Source.
    • Driver: Select the CData JDBC Driver for Keap.
    • URL: Enter jdbc:api:
  4. If you want to define any additional properties, click Properties.
  5. In the Driver properties tab of the dialog that appears, select the Use driver properties checkbox.
  6. In the Specify column, select the checkboxes for the required connection properties.

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

    Keap API Profile Settings

    Log into your Keap web app, click the user bubble in the bottom left, choose Settings > API, then generate a new Personal Access Token or Service Account Key.

    Below is a typical connection string:

    jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Keap.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key';
    
  7. In the dialog that appears after you click OK, click connect to test the connection.

Discover Schemas and Query Keap Data

After the metadata has loaded, a new tab for the Keap data source is displayed. On the Objects subtab, you can discover schema information, such as the available tables and views.

To view table data, select the table on the Objects tab. The table data is then loaded in a grid on the Content tab.

To execute an SQL query, enter the query on the SQL tab and then click Run SQL (the runner icon). For example:

SELECT Name, Email FROM Account WHERE Email = '[email protected]'

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