Connect to Mistral AI Data from a Connection Pool in Jetty

The CData JDBC driver for Mistral AI is easy to integrate with Java Web applications. This article shows how to efficiently connect to Mistral AI data in Jetty by configuring the driver for connection pooling. You will configure a JNDI resource for Mistral AI in Jetty.

Configure the JDBC Driver for Salesforce as a JNDI Data Source

Follow the steps below to connect to Salesforce from Jetty.

1. Enable the JNDI module for your Jetty base. The following command enables JNDI from the command-line:

   java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-startd=jndi
   

2. Add the CData and license file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory, into the lib subfolder of the context path.

3. Declare the resource and its scope. Enter the required connection properties in the resource declaration. This example declares the Mistral AI data source at the level of the Web app, in WEB-INF\jetty-env.xml.

   
   <Configure id='mistralaidemo' class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
       <New id="mistralaidemo" class="org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jndi.Resource">
       <Arg><Ref refid="mistralaidemo"/></Arg>
       <Arg>jdbc/mistralaidb</Arg>
       <Arg>
         <New class="cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver">
           <Set name="url">jdbc:api:</Set>
           <Set name="Profile">C:\profiles\MistralAI.apip</Set>
           <Set name="ProfileSettings">'APIKey</Set>
           <Set name="'"></Set>
           <Set name="AuthScheme">APIKey</Set>
         </New>
       </Arg>
     </New>
   </Configure>
   

   The MistralAI API uses API key authentication.

   Using API Key Authentication

   Your MistralAI API Key is required to create a connection to MistralAI. API Keys can be obtained from your MistralAI account at console.mistral.ai by navigating to the API Keys section. Once you have obtained the API key, set it in the ProfileSettings connection property.

   Example Connection string

   Profile=C:\profiles\MistralAI.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=my_api_key;';AuthScheme=APIKey;
   

4. Configure the resource in the Web.xml:

   
     jdbc/mistralaidb
     javax.sql.DataSource
     Container
   
   

5. You can then access Mistral AI with a lookup to java:comp/env/jdbc/mistralaidb:

   InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
   DataSource mymistralai = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/mistralaidb");
   

More Jetty Integration

The steps above show how to configure the driver in a simple connection pooling scenario. For more use cases and information, see the Working with Jetty JNDI chapter in the Jetty documentation.