Connect to Short.io Data from a Connection Pool in Jetty

The CData JDBC driver for Short.io is easy to integrate with Java Web applications. This article shows how to efficiently connect to Short.io data in Jetty by configuring the driver for connection pooling. You will configure a JNDI resource for Short.io in Jetty.

Configure the JDBC Driver for Salesforce as a JNDI Data Source

Follow the steps below to connect to Salesforce from Jetty.

1. Enable the JNDI module for your Jetty base. The following command enables JNDI from the command-line:

   java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-startd=jndi
   

2. Add the CData and license file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory, into the lib subfolder of the context path.

3. Declare the resource and its scope. Enter the required connection properties in the resource declaration. This example declares the Short.io data source at the level of the Web app, in WEB-INF\jetty-env.xml.

   
   <Configure id='shortiodemo' class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
       <New id="shortiodemo" class="org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jndi.Resource">
       <Arg><Ref refid="shortiodemo"/></Arg>
       <Arg>jdbc/shortiodb</Arg>
       <Arg>
         <New class="cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver">
           <Set name="url">jdbc:api:</Set>
           <Set name="Profile">C:\profiles\ShortIo.apip</Set>
           <Set name="AuthScheme">APIKey</Set>
           <Set name="ProfileSettings">'APIKey</Set>
         </New>
       </Arg>
     </New>
   </Configure>
   

   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

4. Configure the resource in the Web.xml:

   
     jdbc/shortiodb
     javax.sql.DataSource
     Container
   
   

5. You can then access Short.io with a lookup to java:comp/env/jdbc/shortiodb:

   InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
   DataSource myshortio = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/shortiodb");
   

More Jetty Integration

The steps above show how to configure the driver in a simple connection pooling scenario. For more use cases and information, see the Working with Jetty JNDI chapter in the Jetty documentation.