Integrate Short.io Data in Your Informatica Cloud Instance

Informatica Cloud allows you to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) tasks in the cloud. With the Cloud Secure Agent and the CData API Driver for JDBC, you get live access to Short.io data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Short.io through the JDBC Driver and generating a mapping that can be used in any Informatica Cloud process.

Informatica Cloud Secure Agent

To work with the Short.io data through the JDBC Driver, install the Cloud Secure Agent.

1. Navigate to the Administrator page in Informatica Cloud
2. Select the Runtime Environments tab
3. Click "Download Secure Agent"
4. Make note of the Install Token
5. Run the installer on the client machine and register the Cloud Secure Agent with your username and install token

NOTE: It may take some time for all of the Cloud Secure Agent services to get up and running.

Connecting to the Short.io JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Short.io through the JDBC Driver.

Adding the JDBC Driver to the Secure Agent Machine

1. Navigate to the following directory on the Secure Agent machine:

   %Secure Agent installation directory%/ext/connectors/thirdparty/

2. Create a folder and add the driver JAR file (cdata.jdbc.api.jar) based on the type of mapping that you want to configure.

   For mappings, create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/common

   For mappings in advanced mode, also create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/spark

3. Restart the Secure Agent.

Connecting to Short.io in Informatica Cloud

After installing the driver JAR file, you are ready to configure your connection to Short.io in Informatica Cloud. Start by clicking the Connections tab and clicking New Connection. Fill in the following properties for the connection:

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Short.io Connection)
• Type: Select "JDBC_V2"
• Runtime Environment: Select the runtime environment where you installed the Secure Agent
• JDBC Driver Class Name: The name of the JDBC driver class: cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Short.io. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  

  jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\ShortIo.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key';

  Using API Key Authentication

  Short.io uses API Key authentication. To obtain your API key:

  1. Log in to your Short.io account
  2. Navigate to Settings > Integrations & API > API
  3. Click Create API Key and copy your API key

  After obtaining the API key, you are ready to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
  • APIKey: Set this to your Short.io API key obtained from Settings > Integrations & API > API.

  Example connection string:

  Profile=C:\profiles\ShortIo.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key';
  

  Available Tables

  The Short.io profile provides access to the following tables:

  • Domains - Short.io domains associated with the authenticated account
  • Links - Short links for a domain
  • LinkExpand - Expand a short link by domain and path
  • LinksByOriginalUrl - Retrieve multiple short links matching a given original destination URL
  • Folders - Link folders within a specific domain
  • LinkPermissions - Permission records for a specific link within a domain
  • CountryTargeting - Country-based redirect targeting rules for a specific short link
  • RegionTargeting - Region-based redirect targeting rules for a specific short link
  • Regions - List of available regions/states for a given country code
  • DomainStatistics - Aggregated click and traffic statistics for a Short.io domain
  • LinkStatistics - Aggregated click and traffic statistics for a specific Short.io link

  Built-In Connection String Designer

  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Short.io 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.

  
• Username: Set this to a placeholder value (since Short.io does not require a username)
• Password: Set this to a placeholder value (since Short.io does not require a password)

Create a Mapping for Short.io Data

With the connection to Short.io configured, we can now access Short.io data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Short.io to another data target.

1. Navigate to the Data Integration page
2. Click New.. and select Mapping from the Mappings tab
3. Click the Source Object and in the Source tab, select the Connection and set the Source Type
4. Click "Select" to choose the table to map
5. In the Fields tab, select the fields from the Short.io table to map
6. Click the Target object and configure the Target source, table and fields. In the Field Mapping tab, map the source fields to the target fields.

With the mapping configured, you are ready to start integrating live Short.io data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData API Driver for JDBC and start working with your live Short.io data in Informatica Cloud today.