Access Live Pinterest Data in Excel for the Web (Excel 365/Online) through Connect Spreadsheets

Cameron Leblanc
Cameron Leblanc
Senior Technology Evangelist
Connect to Pinterest data from Excel 365 Online (Excel for the web) with Connect Spreadsheets.

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Microsoft Excel for the web represents a cloud-native iteration of Microsoft Excel. When combined with Connect Spreadsheets by CData, you gain immediate access to Pinterest data directly within Excel, facilitating data analysis, collaboration, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Pinterest in Connect Spreadsheets and access live Pinterest data in Excel spreadsheets online.

Connect Spreadsheets is the easiest way to get all your live data into Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets - no more downloading, wrangling, and uploading files again. Just connect to your data, select the dataset you'd like to see, and import it into your spreadsheet.

This setup requires a Connect Spreadsheets instance and the Connect Spreadsheets Add-In for Excel. To get started, sign up a free trial of Connect Spreadsheets and install the free Connect Spreadsheets Excel Add-In.


Configure Pinterest Connectivity for Excel

Connectivity to Pinterest from Excel is made possible through Connect Spreadsheets . To work with Pinterest data from Excel, we start by creating and configuring a Pinterest connection.

  1. Log into Connect Spreadsheets, click Sources and click Add Connection Adding a Connection
  2. Select "Pinterest" from the Add Connection panel Selecting a data source
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Pinterest.

    Pinterest authentication is based on the standard OAuth flow. To authenticate, you must initially create an app via the Pinterest developer platform where you can obtain an OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL.

    Set InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH and set OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL based on the property values for the app you created.

    See the Help documentation for other OAuth authentication flows.

    Configuring a connection (Salesforce is shown)
  4. Click Create & Test

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Pinterest data from Excel for the web.

Access Live Pinterest Data in Excel for the web

The steps below outline connecting to Connect Spreadsheets from Excel to access live Pinterest data.

  1. Log into Excel, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
  2. Click Insert and click Office Add-ins. (If you have already installed the Add-In, jump to step 4.)
  3. Search for Connect Spreadsheets and click "Get it now" to install the Add-in. Install the Add-In
  4. Back in Excel, open the Data ribbon select and click the CData Connect Spreadsheets "Get Data" button. Open Add in panel
  5. In the Add-In panel, click "Log in" to sign into and authenticate with your Connect Spreadsheets account Authorizing the Add-In
  6. In the Connect Spreadsheets panel in Excel, click Import Connect Spreadsheets  panel in Excel
  7. Choose a Connection (e.g. Pinterest1), Table (e.g. Users), and Columns to import Connect Spreadsheets  panel in Excel
  8. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit Choosing a Connection, Table, and Columns
  9. Click Execute to import the data Executing the Query

Live Access to Pinterest Data from Spreadsheets

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Pinterest data from your Excel workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

Imported data (Salesforce is shown)

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