Automate ScrapingBee Data Replication to Azure Synapse

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live ScrapingBee data into your Azure Synapse instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.

Configure Azure Synapse as a Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate ScrapingBee data to Azure Synapse. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select the Destinations tab and locate the Azure Synapse connector.
3. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Azure Synapse connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections in the Help documentation.
4. To connect to Azure Synapse, set the following connection properties:
   • Connection Name: Enter a connection name of your choice for the Azure Synapse connection.
   • Server: Enter the name of the server that runs Azure Synapse.
   • Port: Enter the port number for Azure Synapse. The default port value is 1433.
   • Database: Enter the name of the Azure Synapse database.
   • Auth Scheme:
   • Auth Scheme: Select the Auth Scheme as Password. The available auth schmes for Azure Synapse are AzureAD, Azure MSI, AzureServicePrincipal, AzureServicePrincipalCert, Azure Password, and Password.
   • User: Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your Azure Synapse account.
   • Password: Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your Azure Synapse account.

5. Once connected, click Create & Test to create, test and save the connection.

You are now connected to Azure Synapse and can use it as both a source and a destination.

NOTE: You can use the Label feature to add a label for a source or a destination.

In this article, we will demonstrate how to load ScrapingBee data into Azure Synapse and utilize it as a destination.

Configure the ScrapingBee Connection

You can configure a connection to ScrapingBee from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your ScrapingBee account, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a source (ScrapingBee).
3. Configure the connection properties.
   
   

   Using API Key Authentication

   ScrapingBee uses API key authentication. To obtain an API key:

   1. Sign in to your ScrapingBee account at https://app.scrapingbee.com
   2. Navigate to the Dashboard and locate your API key in the top section.
   3. Copy the API key for use in the connection string.

   After obtaining your API key, set the following connection properties:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
   Set the following in the ProfileSettings connection property:
   • APIKey: Set this to your ScrapingBee API key.

   Example Connection String

   Profile=C:\profiles\ScrapingBee.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings="APIKey=your_api_key";
   

   Connecting to ScrapingBee

   Once the authentication is configured, you can connect to ScrapingBee and query data from any of the available tables. All tables require at least one input parameter (such as a search query or product ID) to retrieve data.

   
4. Click Connect to ScrapingBee to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save & Test to save the changes.

Configure Replication Queries

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, navigate to the Task tab in the Job, click Add Tasks, choose the table(s) from the list of ScrapingBee tables you wish to replicate into Azure Synapse, and click Add Tasks again.

Customize Your Replication

You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication with the help of SQL queries.

Schedule Your Replication

Select the Overview tab in the Job, and click Configure under Schedule. You can schedule a job to run automatically by configuring it to run at specified intervals, ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your ScrapingBee data to Azure Synapse.

Run the Replication Job

Once all the required configurations are made for the job, select the ScrapingBee table you wish to replicate and click Run. After the replication completes successfully, a notification appears, showing the time taken to run the job and the number of rows replicated.

Free Trial & More Information

Now that you have seen how to replicate ScrapingBee data into Azure Synapse, visit our CData Sync page to explore more about CData Sync and download a free 30-day trial. Start consolidating your enterprise data today!

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