Using the CData ODBC Driver for Pushover in PyCharm

The CData ODBC Drivers can be used in any environment that supports loading an ODBC Driver. In this tutorial we will explore using the CData ODBC Driver for Pushover from within PyCharm. Included are steps for adding the CData ODBC Driver as a data source, as well as basic PyCharm code to query the data source and display results.

To begin, this tutorial will assume that you have already installed the CData ODBC Driver for Pushover as well as PyCharm.

Add Pyodbc to the Project

Follow the steps below to add the pyodbc module to your project.

1. Click File -> Settings to open the project settings window.
2. Click Project Interpreter from the Project: YourProjectName menu.
3. To add pyodbc, click the + button and enter pyodbc.
4. Click Install Package to install pyodbc.

Connect to Pushover

You can now connect with an ODBC connection string or a DSN. See the Getting Started section in the CData driver documentation for a guide to creating a DSN on your OS.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Pushover Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Pushover.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Pushover (see below).

Pushover API Profile Settings

Pushover uses API Key authentication. Your Pushover Application API Token is used to authenticate all requests. You can create and manage API tokens in the Pushover dashboard at pushover.net by registering an application under Settings > Your Applications.

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
• APIKey: Set this to your 30-character Pushover Application API Token.

Below is the syntax for a DSN:

[CData API Source]
Driver = CData ODBC Driver for Pushover
Description = My Description
Profile = C:\profiles\Pushover.apip
AuthScheme = APIKey
ProfileSettings = 'APIKey = your_application_token'

Execute SQL to Pushover

Instantiate a Cursor and use the execute method of the Cursor class to execute any SQL statement.

import pyodbc

cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={CData ODBC Driver for API};Profile = C:\profiles\Pushover.apip;AuthScheme = APIKey;ProfileSettings = 'APIKey = your_application_token';')
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT User, Memo FROM GroupMembers WHERE GroupKey = 'your_group_key'")
rows = cursor.fetchall()
for row in rows:
  print(row.User, row.Memo)

After connecting to Pushover in PyCharm using the CData ODBC Driver, you will be able to build Python apps with access to Pushover data as if it were a standard database. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback regarding this tutorial, please contact us at [email protected].