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The LinkedIn ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from LinkedIn, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

With the LinkedIn ODBC Driver accessing live People, Profiles, Companies, Groups, Jobs, etc. is as easy as querying a database.

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Viewing LinkedIn Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer


How to view LinkedIn data in RAD Studio Data Explorer using the CData ODBC Driver for LinkedIn.

Embarcadero RAD Studio provides a development environment for Delphi and C++Builder applications. With the CData ODBC Driver for LinkedIn, you gain access to live LinkedIn data within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve and update LinkedIn data. This article will walk through connecting to LinkedIn using the Data Explorer.

Configure a Connection to LinkedIn

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.

LinkedIn uses the OAuth 2 authentication standard. You will need to obtain the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret by registering an app with LinkedIn. For more information refer to our authentication guide.

Connecting to LinkedIn Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying LinkedIn data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for LinkedIn and a new VCL Forms Application:

  1. Open the Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand FireDAC.
  2. Right-click the ODBC Data Source node in the Data Explorer.
  3. Click Add New Connection.
  4. Enter a name for the connection.
  5. In the FireDAC Connection Editor that appears, set the DataSource property to the name of the ODBC DSN for LinkedIn.
  6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the tables for the connection.

  7. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a table (for example: CompanyStatusUpdates) onto the form.

  8. Select the CompanyStatusUpdatesTable object on the form and set the Active property to true.

  9. Right-click on the object, bind visually, and link everything (*) to a new control (TStringGrid).

  10. Arrange the TStringGrid on the form and run the application to see the CompanyStatusUpdates data.