Viewing Miro Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer

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

Configure a Connection to Miro

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.

Using API Key Authentication

Miro uses API Key authentication with an access token. To generate an access token:

1. Log in to your Miro account
2. Navigate to Settings > Your apps
3. Click "Create new app" or select an existing app
4. Configure the required permissions (e.g., boards:read, teams:read)
5. Install the app and generate an access token
6. Copy the generated access token (it will only be shown once)

After obtaining your access token, set the following connection properties:

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
• APIKey: Set this to your access token.

Connecting to Miro

Once the authentication is configured, you can connect to Miro and query data from any of the available tables such as Boards, Items, Teams, Organizations, and more.

Connecting to Miro Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Miro data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Miro 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 Miro.
6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the views for the connection.

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

   
8. Select the BoardsView 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 Boards data.

    

Related Articles

Below you can find other articles for using the CData ODBC Driver with RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++ Builder.

• DataBind Controls to Miro Data in C++Builder
• DataBind Controls to Miro Data in Delphi
• Build a Simple VCL Application for Miro Data