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Load Twitter Data to a Database Using Embulk


Use CData JDBC drivers with the open source ETL/ELT tool Embulk to load Twitter data to a database.

Embulk is an open source bulk data loader. When paired with the CData JDBC Driver for Twitter, Embulk easily loads data from Twitter to any supported destination. In this article, we explain how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Twitter in Embulk to load Twitter data to a MySQL dtabase.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData JDBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Twitter data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Twitter, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Twitter and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Configure a JDBC Connection to Twitter Data

Before creating a bulk load job in Embulk, note the installation location for the JAR file for the JDBC Driver (typically C:\Program Files\CData\CData JDBC Driver for Twitter\lib).

Embulk supports JDBC connectivity, so you can easily connect to Twitter and execute SQL queries. Before creating a bulk load job, create a JDBC URL for authenticating with Twitter.

All tables require authentication. You can connect using your User and Password or OAuth. To authenticate using OAuth, you can use the embedded OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL or you can register an app to obtain your own.

If you intend to communicate with Twitter only as the currently authenticated user, then you can obtain the OAuthAccessToken and OAuthAccessTokenSecret directly by registering an app.

See the Getting Started chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

Built-in Connection String Designer

For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Twitter JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

java -jar cdata.jdbc.twitter.jar

Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

Below is a typical JDBC connection string for Twitter:

jdbc:twitter:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Load Twitter Data in Embulk

After installing the CData JDBC Driver and creating a JDBC connection string, install the required Embulk plugins.

Install Embulk Input & Output Plugins

  1. Install the JDBC Input Plugin in Embulk.
    https://github.com/embulk/embulk-input-jdbc/tree/master/embulk-input-jdbc
    2. embulk gem install embulk-input-jdbc
  2. In this article, we use MySQL as the destination database. You can also choose SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Google BigQuery as the destination using the output Plugins.
    https://github.com/embulk/embulk-output-jdbc/tree/master/embulk-output-mysql embulk gem install embulk-output-mysql

With the input and output plugins installed, we are ready to load Twitter data into MySQL using Embulk.

Create a Job to Load Twitter Data

Start by creating a config file in Embulk, using a name like twitter-mysql.yml.

  1. For the input plugin options, use the CData JDBC Driver for Twitter, including the path to the driver JAR file, the driver class (e.g. cdata.jdbc.twitter.TwitterDriver), and the JDBC URL from above
  2. For the output plugin options, use the values and credentials for the MySQL database

Sample Config File (twitter-mysql.yml)

in: type: jdbc driver_path: C:\Program Files\CData[product_name] 20xx\lib\cdata.jdbc.twitter.jar driver_class: cdata.jdbc.twitter.TwitterDriver url: jdbc:twitter:InitiateOAuth=REFRESH table: "Tweets" out: type: mysql host: localhost database: DatabaseName user: UserId password: UserPassword table: "Tweets" mode: insert

After creating the file, run the Embulk job.

embulk run twitter-mysql.yml

After running the the Embulk job, find the Salesforce data in the MySQL table.

Load Filtered Twitter Data

In addition to loading data directly from a table, you can use a custom SQL query to have more granular control of the data loaded. You can also perform increment loads by setting a last updated column in a SQL WHERE clause in the query field.

in: type: jdbc driver_path: C:\Program Files\CData[product_name] 20xx\lib\cdata.jdbc.twitter.jar driver_class: cdata.jdbc.twitter.TwitterDriver url: jdbc:twitter:InitiateOAuth=REFRESH query: "SELECT From_User_Name, Retweet_Count FROM Tweets WHERE [RecordId] = 1" out: type: mysql host: localhost database: DatabaseName user: UserId password: UserPassword table: "Tweets" mode: insert

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By using CData JDBC Driver for Twitter as a connector, Embulk can integrate Twitter data into your data load jobs. And with drivers for more than 200+ other enterprise sources, you can integrate any enterprise SaaS, big data, or NoSQL source as well. Download a 30-day free trial and get started today.