Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for Pushbullet

Informatica provides a powerful, elegant means of transporting and transforming your data. By utilizing the CData JDBC Driver for Pushbullet, you are gaining access to a driver based on industry-proven standards that integrates seamlessly with Informatica's powerful data transportation and manipulation features. This tutorial shows how to transfer and browse Pushbullet data in Informatica PowerCenter.

Deploy the Driver

To deploy the driver to the Informatica PowerCenter server, copy the CData JAR and .lic file, located in the lib subfolder in the installation directory, to the following folder: Informatica-installation-directory\services\shared\jars\thirdparty.

To work with Pushbullet data in the Developer tool, you will need to copy the CData JAR and .lic file, located in the lib subfolder in the installation directory, into the following folders:

• Informatica-installation-directory\client\externaljdbcjars
• Informatica-installation-directory\externaljdbcjars

Create the JDBC Connection

Follow the steps below to connect from Informatica Developer:

1. In the Connection Explorer pane, right-click your domain and click Create a Connection.
2. In the New Database Connection wizard that is displayed, enter a name and Id for the connection and in the Type menu select JDBC.
3. In the JDBC Driver Class Name property, enter:

   cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver

4. In the Connection String property, enter the JDBC URL, using the connection properties for Pushbullet.

   Using API Key Authentication

   Pushbullet uses token-based authentication (Access Token). To obtain an Access Token:

   1. Log in to your Pushbullet account at https://www.pushbullet.com
   2. Navigate to Settings > Account
   3. Click "Create Access Token"
   4. Copy the generated token

   After obtaining your Access Token, set the following connection properties:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
   Set the following in the ProfileSettings connection property:
   • APIKey: Set this to your Pushbullet Access Token.

   Example Connection String

   Profile=C:\profiles\Pushbullet.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_access_token;';AuthScheme=APIKey;
   

   Connecting to Pushbullet

   Once the authentication is configured, you can connect to Pushbullet and query data from any of the available tables such as Users, Pushes, Devices, Chats, Subscriptions, and Channels.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Pushbullet JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar
   

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   

   A typical connection string is below:

   jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Pushbullet.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_access_token;';AuthScheme=APIKey;

Browse Pushbullet Tables

After you have added the driver JAR to the classpath and created a JDBC connection, you can now access Pushbullet entities in Informatica. Follow the steps below to connect to Pushbullet and browse Pushbullet tables:

1. Connect to your repository.
2. In the Connection Explorer, right-click the connection and click Connect.
3. Clear the Show Default Schema Only option.

You can now browse Pushbullet tables in the Data Viewer: Right-click the node for the table and then click Open. On the Data Viewer view, click Run.

Create Pushbullet Data Objects

Follow the steps below to add Pushbullet tables to your project:

1. Select tables in Pushbullet, then right-click a table in Pushbullet, and click Add to Project.
2. In the resulting dialog, select the option to create a data object for each resource.
3. In the Select Location dialog, select your project.

   Create a Mapping

   Follow the steps below to add the Pushbullet source to a mapping:

   1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Mapping.
   2. Expand the node for the Pushbullet connection and then drag the data object for the table onto the editor.
   3. In the dialog that appears, select the Read option.
   

   Follow the steps below to map Pushbullet columns to a flat file:

   1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Data Object.
   2. Select Flat File Data Object -> Create as Empty -> Fixed Width.
   3. In the properties for the Pushbullet object, select the rows you want, right-click, and then click copy. Paste the rows into the flat file properties.
   4. Drag the flat file data object onto the mapping. In the dialog that appears, select the Write option.
   5. Click and drag to connect columns.

   To transfer Pushbullet data, right-click in the workspace and then click Run Mapping.