Connect to Telegram Data in DBArtisan
The CData ODBC Driver for Telegram seamlessly integrates Telegram data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Telegram data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Telegram in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.
Integrate Telegram Data into DBArtisan Projects
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.
Using API Key Authentication
Telegram uses Bot Tokens to authenticate API requests. You can obtain a Bot Token by creating a bot via BotFather on Telegram (https://t.me/BotFather). Once created, BotFather will provide a token in the format
123456789:ABCdefGhIJKlmNoPQRsTUVwxyZ.
After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:
- AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
- APIKey: Set this to your Telegram Bot Token obtained from BotFather.
Example connection string
Profile=C:\profiles\Telegram.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_bot_token';
You can then follow the steps below to register Telegram data as a database instance in your project:
- In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
- Select Generic ODBC.
- Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
- Finish the wizard to connect to Telegram data. Telegram entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.
You can now work with Telegram data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Telegram API.
