Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for Short.io

Informatica provides a powerful, elegant means of transporting and transforming your data. By utilizing the CData JDBC Driver for Short.io, you are gaining access to a driver based on industry-proven standards that integrates seamlessly with Informatica's powerful data transportation and manipulation features. This tutorial shows how to transfer and browse Short.io data in Informatica PowerCenter.

Deploy the Driver

To deploy the driver to the Informatica PowerCenter server, copy the CData JAR and .lic file, located in the lib subfolder in the installation directory, to the following folder: Informatica-installation-directory\services\shared\jars\thirdparty.

To work with Short.io data in the Developer tool, you will need to copy the CData JAR and .lic file, located in the lib subfolder in the installation directory, into the following folders:

• Informatica-installation-directory\client\externaljdbcjars
• Informatica-installation-directory\externaljdbcjars

Create the JDBC Connection

Follow the steps below to connect from Informatica Developer:

1. In the Connection Explorer pane, right-click your domain and click Create a Connection.
2. In the New Database Connection wizard that is displayed, enter a name and Id for the connection and in the Type menu select JDBC.
3. In the JDBC Driver Class Name property, enter:

   cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver

4. In the Connection String property, enter the JDBC URL, using the connection properties for Short.io.

   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.

   

   A typical connection string is below:

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

Browse Short.io Tables

After you have added the driver JAR to the classpath and created a JDBC connection, you can now access Short.io entities in Informatica. Follow the steps below to connect to Short.io and browse Short.io tables:

1. Connect to your repository.
2. In the Connection Explorer, right-click the connection and click Connect.
3. Clear the Show Default Schema Only option.

You can now browse Short.io tables in the Data Viewer: Right-click the node for the table and then click Open. On the Data Viewer view, click Run.

Create Short.io Data Objects

Follow the steps below to add Short.io tables to your project:

1. Select tables in Short.io, then right-click a table in Short.io, and click Add to Project.
2. In the resulting dialog, select the option to create a data object for each resource.
3. In the Select Location dialog, select your project.

   Create a Mapping

   Follow the steps below to add the Short.io source to a mapping:

   1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Mapping.
   2. Expand the node for the Short.io connection and then drag the data object for the table onto the editor.
   3. In the dialog that appears, select the Read option.
   

   Follow the steps below to map Short.io columns to a flat file:

   1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Data Object.
   2. Select Flat File Data Object -> Create as Empty -> Fixed Width.
   3. In the properties for the Short.io object, select the rows you want, right-click, and then click copy. Paste the rows into the flat file properties.
   4. Drag the flat file data object onto the mapping. In the dialog that appears, select the Write option.
   5. Click and drag to connect columns.

   To transfer Short.io data, right-click in the workspace and then click Run Mapping.