Create a Data Access Object for Vimeo Data using JDBI

JDBI is a SQL convenience library for Java that exposes two different style APIs, a fluent style and a SQL object style. The CData JDBC Driver for Vimeo integrates connectivity to live Vimeo data in Java applications. By pairing these technologies, you gain simple, programmatic access to Vimeo data. This article explains how to build a basic Data Access Object (DAO) and the accompanying code to read Vimeo data.

Create a DAO for the Vimeo Videos Entity

The interface below declares the desired behavior for the SQL object to create a single method for each SQL statement to be implemented.

public interface MyVideosDAO {
  //request specific data from Vimeo (String type is used for simplicity)
  @SqlQuery("SELECT  FROM Videos WHERE UserUri = :userUri")
  String findByUserUri(@Bind("userUri") String userUri);

  /*
   * close with no args is used to close the connection
   */
  void close();
}

Open a Connection to Vimeo

Collect the necessary connection properties and construct the appropriate JDBC URL for connecting to Vimeo.

Vimeo is a professional video hosting platform. The Vimeo API uses personal access tokens (bearer tokens) to enable secure access to video metadata, user information, channels, groups, categories, and related resources.

Using API Key Authentication

To authenticate to the Vimeo API, you will need to provide a personal access token. To obtain your access token:

1. Log in to your Vimeo account at https://vimeo.com
2. Navigate to https://developer.vimeo.com/apps
3. Create a new app or select an existing app
4. Under "Personal Access Tokens", click "Generate" to create a new token
5. Select the required scopes: public and private for read access
6. Copy the generated token

After obtaining your access token, set the following connection properties:

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
• APIKey: Set this to your Vimeo personal access token.

Example connection string

Profile=C:\profiles\Vimeo.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_personal_access_token';

Built-in Connection String Designer

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

java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar

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

A connection string for Vimeo will typically look like the following:

jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Vimeo.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_personal_access_token';

Use the configured JDBC URL to obtain an instance of the DAO interface. The particular method shown below will open a handle bound to the instance, so the instance needs to be closed explicitly to release the handle and the bound JDBC connection.

DBI dbi = new DBI("jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Vimeo.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_personal_access_token';");
MyVideosDAO dao = dbi.open(MyVideosDAO.class);

//do stuff with the DAO

dao.close();

Read Vimeo Data

With the connection open to Vimeo, simply call the previously defined method to retrieve data from the Videos entity in Vimeo.

//disply the result of our 'find' method
String  = dao.findByUserUri("/users/12345678");
System.out.println();

Since the JDBI library is able to work with JDBC connections, you can easily produce a SQL Object API for Vimeo by integrating with the CData JDBC Driver for Vimeo. Download a free trial and work with live Vimeo data in custom Java applications today.