Connect to SurveyMonkey Data in Ruby



Connect to SurveyMonkey data in Ruby with ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc.

The CData ODBC Driver for SurveyMonkey makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live SurveyMonkey data in Ruby. This article shows how to create a simple Ruby app that connects to SurveyMonkey data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Create an ODBC Connection to SurveyMonkey Data

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

SurveyMonkey uses the OAuth 2 authentication standard. See the Getting Started section in the help documentation for a guide.

Installing Ruby and Necessary Gems

If you do not have Ruby installed, refer to the Ruby installation page. With Ruby installed, you will need to install the ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc gems:

gem install dbi gem install dbd-odbc gem install ruby-odbc

Create a Ruby App with Connectivity to SurveyMonkey Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: SurveyMonkeySelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

#connect to the DSN require 'dbi' cnxn = DBI.connect('DBI:ODBC:CData SurveyMonkey Source','','') #execute a SELECT query and store the result set resultSet = cnxn.execute("SELECT RespondentId, ChoiceId FROM MySurvey_Responses") #display the names of the columns resultSet.column_names.each do |name| print name, "\t" end puts #display the results while row = resultSet.fetch do (0..resultSet.column_names.size - 1).each do |n| print row[n], "\t" end puts end resultSet.finish #close the connection cnxn.disconnect if cnxn

With the file completed, you are ready to display your SurveyMonkey data with Ruby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

ruby SurveyMonkeySelect.rb Writing SQL-92 queries to SurveyMonkey allows you to quickly and easily incorporate SurveyMonkey data into your own Ruby applications. Download a free trial today!

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The SurveyMonkey ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live SurveyMonkey, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access SurveyMonkey like you would a database - read, write, and update Rollups, Surveys, Questions, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.