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Use CData Connect to set up a linked server for Typeform data.
You can use CData Connect to set up a linked server for Typeform data. After you configure CData Connect, you can use the UI in SQL Server Management Studio or call stored procedures to create the linked server. You can then work with Typeform data just as you would a linked SQL Server instance.
CData Connect provides a pure SQL interface for Typeform, allowing you to easily integrate with live Typeform data in SQL Server — without replicating the data. Connect looks exactly like another SQL Server database and uses optimized data processing out of the box to push all supported SQL operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Typeform, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Typeform data.
Create a Virtual SQL Database for Typeform Data
CData Connect Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Log into Connect Server and click Connections.
- Select "Typeform" from Available Data Sources.
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Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Typeform.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the TypeForm Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\TypeForm.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for TypeForm (see below).
TypeForm API Profile Settings
Authentication to TypeForm uses the OAuth standard.
To authenticate to TypeForm, you must first register and configure an OAuth application with TypeForm here: https://admin.typeform.com/account#/section/tokens. Your app will be assigned a client ID and a client secret which can be set in the connection string. More information on setting up an OAuth application can be found at https://developer.typeform.com/get-started/.
Note that there are several different use scenarios which all require different redirect URIs:
- CData Desktop Applications: CData desktop applications (Sync, API Server, ArcESB) accept OAuth tokens at /src/oauthCallback.rst. The host and port is the same as the default port used by the application. For example, if you use http://localhost:8019/ to access CData Sync then the redirect URI will be http://localhost:8019/src/oauthCallback.rst.
- CData Cloud Applications: CData cloud applications are similar to their desktop counterparts. If you access Connect Cloud at https://1.2.3.4/ then you should use the redirect https://1.2.3.4/src/oauthCallback.rst.
- Desktop Application: When using a desktop application, the URI https://localhost:33333 is recommended.
- Web Application: When developing a web application using the driver, use your own URI here such as https://my-website.com/oauth.
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 that is specified in your app settings.
- OAuthClientSecret: Set this to Client Secret that is specified in your app settings.
- CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URI you specified in your app settings.
- Click Save Changes
- Click Privileges -> Add and add the new user (or an existing user) with the appropriate permissions.
Create a Linked Server for Typeform Data
After you have configured and started the daemon, create the linked server and connect. You can use the UI in SQL Server Management Studio or call stored procedures.
Create a Linked Server from the UI
Follow the steps below to create a linked server from the Object Explorer.
- Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to an instance of SQL Server.
- In the Object Explorer, expand the node for the SQL Server database. In the Server Objects node, right-click Linked Servers and click New Linked Server. The New Linked Server dialog is displayed.
- In the General section, click the Other Data Source option and enter the following information after naming the linked server:
- Provider: Select the SQL Server Native Client Provider that corresponds to your version of SQL Server. For example, SQL Server Native Client 11.0.
Data Source: Enter the host and port, separated by a comma, where the TDS remoting service is running.
Note that a value of "localhost" in this input refers to the machine where SQL Server is running, so be careful if you create a linked server in Management Studio on a different machine.
- Catalog: Enter the CData system DSN, CData API Sys.
- In the Security section, select the option to have the connection "made using this security context" and enter the username and password of a user you created in the Users tab of the SQL Gateway.
Create a Linked Server Programmatically
In addition to using the SQL Server Management Studio UI to create a linked server, you can use stored procedures. The following inputs are required:
- server: The linked server name.
- provider: Enter "SQLNCLI" for the SQL Server Native Client Provider.
datasrc: The host and port, separated by a comma, where the service is running.
Note that a value of "localhost" in the datasrc input refers to the machine where SQL Server is running, so be careful if you create a linked server in Management Studio on a different machine.
- catalog: Leave this empty.
- srvproduct: Enter the product name of the data source; this can be an arbitrary value like "CData Connect" or an empty string.
Follow the steps below to create the linked server and configure authentication to the SQL Gateway:
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Call sp_addlinkedserver to create the linked server:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server='CDataConnect', @provider='SQLNCLI', @datasrc='< MachineIPAddress >,1434', @catalog='', @srvproduct=''; GO
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Call the sp_addlinkedsrvlogin stored procedure to allow SQL Server users to connect with the credentials of an authorized user of the service. Note that the credentials you use to connect to the service must specify a user you configured on the Users tab of the SQL Gateway.
EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname='CDataConnect', @rmtuser='< CData Connect user >', @rmtpassword='< CData Connect password >', @useself='FALSE', @locallogin=NULL; GO
Connect from SQL Server Management Studio
Since CData Connect provides a virtual SQL Server interface, there is no further configuration needed to work with your Typeform data directly from SQL Server. Simply execute queries against CData Connect just like you would any other Linked Server.
Execute Queries
You can now execute queries to the Typeform linked server from any tool that can connect to SQL Server. Set the table name accordingly:
SELECT * FROM [linked server name].[CData API Sys].[API].[Tags]
SQL Access to Typeform Data
At this point, you have a direct connection to live Typeform data from your SQL Server instance. You can work with live Typeform data just like you would any other SQL Server database, with no need to replicate the data. For more information on gaining SQL access to data from more than 100 SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources, refer to our CData Connect page.