Query Sage 200 Data through ODBC in Node.js

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript code outside of a browser. With the CData ODBC Driver for Sage 200, you can access live Sage 200 data from Node.js apps and scripts. In this article, we walk through installing node-odbc and the required tools to create a simple Node.js app with access to live Sage 200 data.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData ODBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Sage 200 data in Node.js. When you issue complex SQL queries from Node.js to Sage 200, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Sage 200 and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connecting to Sage 200 Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

• Schema: Determines which Sage 200 edition you are connecting to. Specify either StandardUK or ProfessionalUK.
• Subscription Key: Provides access to the APIs that are used to establish a connection. You will first need to log into the Sage 200 API website and subscribe to the API edition that matches your account. You can do so here: https://developer.columbus.sage.com/docs/services/api/uk. Afterwards, the subscription key may be found in your profile after logging into Sage 200.

Building node-odbc

In order to connect to Sage 200 through the CData ODBC Driver, you need to build node-odbc manually (after installing the required tools).

Installing the Required Tools

The following commands install the tools required to build node-odbc (note the -g parameter, which installs the tools globally).

npm i -g windows-build-tools
npm i -g node-gyp

Building node-odbc

After installing the required tools, create a directory for the Node.js app and install odbc (which builds the binary for us to use in our Node.js script).

mkdir nodeodbc
cd nodeodbc
npm i -g node

Querying Sage 200 from Node.js

With the ODBC Driver installed, a DSN Configured, and node-odbc built, we are ready to query live Sage 200 data from a Node.js app. The sample code below connects to a specific DSN and queries the Banks table.

myscript.js

const odbc = require('odbc');

async function querySage200() {
    const connection = await odbc.connect(`DSN=CData Sage200 Source`);
    const data = await connection.query('SELECT Id, Code FROM Banks');
    console.log(data);
}

querySage200();

Once you write the app, use node to execute the script:

node myscript.js

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for Sage 200 and start working with your live Sage 200 data in Node.js. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.