Access WooCommerce Data in Mule Applications Using the CData JDBC Driver

The CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce connects WooCommerce data to Mule applications enabling read , write, update, and delete functionality with familiar SQL queries. The JDBC Driver allows users to easily create Mule applications to backup, transform, report, and analyze WooCommerce data.

This article demonstrates how to use the CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce inside of a Mule project to create a Web interface for WooCommerce data. The application created allows you to request WooCommerce data using an HTTP request and have the results returned as JSON. The exact same procedure outlined below can be used with any CData JDBC Driver to create a Web interface for the 200+ available data sources.

1. Create a new Mule Project in Anypoint Studio.
2. Add an HTTP Connector to the Message Flow.
3. Configure the address for the HTTP Connector.
4. Add a Database Select Connector to the same flow, after the HTTP Connector.
5. Create a new Connection (or edit an existing one) and configure the properties.
   • Set Connection to "Generic Connection"
   • Select the CData JDBC Driver JAR file in the Required Libraries section (e.g. cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.jar).
   • Set the URL to the connection string for WooCommerce

     WooCommerce supports the following authentication methods: one-legged OAuth1.0 Authentication and standard OAuth2.0 Authentication.

     Connecting using one-legged OAuth 1.0 Authentication

     Specify the following properties (NOTE: the below credentials are generated from WooCommerce settings page and should not be confused with the credentials generated by using WordPress OAuth2.0 plugin):

     • ConsumerKey
     • ConsumerSecret

     Connecting using WordPress OAuth 2.0 Authentication

     After having configured the plugin, you may connect to WooCommerce by providing the following connection properties:

     • OAuthClientId
     • OAuthClientSecret
     • CallbackURL
     • InitiateOAuth - Set this to either GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH

     In either case, you will need to set the Url property to the URL of the WooCommerce instance.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.jar

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

   • Set the Driver class name to cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.WooCommerceDriver.
   • Click Test Connection.
6. Set the SQL Query Text to a SQL query to request WooCommerce data. For example: SELECT ParentId, Total FROM Orders WHERE ParentId = '3'
7. Add a Transform Message Component to the flow.
8. Set the Output script to the following to convert the payload to JSON:

   %dw 2.0
   output application/json
   ---
   payload
           

9. To view your WooCommerce data, navigate to the address you configured for the HTTP Connector (localhost:8081 by default): http://localhost:8081. The WooCommerce data is available as JSON in your Web browser and any other tools capable of consuming JSON endpoints.

At this point, you have a simple Web interface for working with WooCommerce data (as JSON data) in custom apps and a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools. Download a free, 30 day trial of the JDBC Driver for WooCommerce and see the CData difference in your Mule Applications today.