Connect to Strava Data from a Connection Pool in Jetty

The CData JDBC driver for Strava is easy to integrate with Java Web applications. This article shows how to efficiently connect to Strava data in Jetty by configuring the driver for connection pooling. You will configure a JNDI resource for Strava 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 Strava data source at the level of the Web app, in WEB-INF\jetty-env.xml.

   
   <Configure id='stravademo' class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
       <New id="stravademo" class="org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jndi.Resource">
       <Arg><Ref refid="stravademo"/></Arg>
       <Arg>jdbc/stravadb</Arg>
       <Arg>
         <New class="cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver">
           <Set name="url">jdbc:api:</Set>
           <Set name="Profile">C:\profiles\Strava.apip</Set>
           <Set name="AuthScheme">OAuth</Set>
           <Set name="InitiateOAuth">GETANDREFRESH</Set>
           <Set name="OAuthClientId">your_client_id</Set>
           <Set name="OAuthClientSecret">your_client_secret</Set>
           <Set name="CallbackURL">http://localhost:33333</Set>
         </New>
       </Arg>
     </New>
   </Configure>
   

   To authenticate to Strava, and connect to your own data or to allow other users to connect to their data, you can use the OAuth standard.

   Using OAuth Authentication

   You must create a custom OAuth application to connect to Strava. To create a custom OAuth application:

   1. Log into the Strava API Settings page
   2. Create a new application or select an existing application
   3. Set the "Authorization Callback Domain" to your callback URL domain (e.g. localhost)
   4. Note down the Client ID and Client Secret

   After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
   • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
   • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID from your Strava API application.
   • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret from your Strava API application.
   • CallbackURL: Set this to the redirect URI matching your application's callback domain.

   Example connection string:

   Profile=C:\profiles\Strava.apip;AuthScheme=OAuth;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333;
   

4. Configure the resource in the Web.xml:

   
     jdbc/stravadb
     javax.sql.DataSource
     Container
   
   

5. You can then access Strava with a lookup to java:comp/env/jdbc/stravadb:

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

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.