How to Query SendInBlue Data in MySQL Workbench

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for SendInBlue to query SendInBlue data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live SendInBlue data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to SendInBlue 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.

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

SendInBlue API Profile Settings

In your SendInBlue account, click your username in the top right, select SMTP & API, and copy your API key from that page.

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to SendInBlue data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.

Query SendInBlue from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual SendInBlue database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live SendInBlue data.

Connect to SendInBlue through the SQL Gateway

1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for SendInBlue).
3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
5. Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.

NOTE: When we refer to Username and Password, we mean the credentials for the user(s) created for the SQL Gateway.

Query SendInBlue Data

1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for SendInBlue).
2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve SendInBlue data, like SELECT * FROM `CData API Sys`.Account;

With access to live SendInBlue data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily work with SendInBlue, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData API Driver for ODBC and the CData SQL Gateway.