How to Visualize Workable Data in Python with pandas

The rich ecosystem of Python modules lets you get to work quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. With the CData API Driver for Python, the pandas & Matplotlib modules, and the SQLAlchemy toolkit, you can build Workable-connected Python applications and scripts for visualizing Workable data. This article shows how to use the pandas, SQLAlchemy, and Matplotlib built-in functions to connect to Workable data, execute queries, and visualize the results.

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

Connecting to Workable Data

Connecting to Workable data looks just like connecting to any relational data source. Create a connection string using the required connection properties. For this article, you will pass the connection string as a parameter to the create_engine function.

Using API Key Authentication

Workable uses API key authentication to control access to the API. To obtain an API Key:

1. Log in to your Workable account.
2. Navigate to Settings > Integrations > API Access Tokens.
3. Click "Generate API Token".
4. Copy the generated token.

After obtaining your API Key, set the following connection properties:

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.

Set the following in the ProfileSettings connection property:

• APIKey: Set this to your Workable API Key.
• Subdomain: Set this to your Workable account subdomain. For example, if your Workable URL is acmeinc.workable.com, then the Subdomain is 'acmeinc'.

Example Connection String

Profile=C:\profiles\Workable.apip;ProfileSettings='AuthScheme=APIKey;APIKey=my_api_key;Subdomain=acmeinc';

Follow the procedure below to install the required modules and start accessing Workable through Python objects.

Install Required Modules

Use the pip utility to install the pandas & Matplotlib modules and the SQLAlchemy toolkit:

pip install pandas
pip install matplotlib
pip install sqlalchemy

Be sure to import the module with the following:

import pandas
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from sqlalchemy import create_engine

Visualize Workable Data in Python

You can now connect with a connection string. Use the create_engine function to create an Engine for working with Workable data.

engine = create_engine("api:///?Profile=C:\profiles\Workable.apip&ProfileSettings='AuthScheme=APIKey&APIKey=my_api_key&Subdomain=acmeinc'")

Execute SQL to Workable

Use the read_sql function from pandas to execute any SQL statement and store the resultset in a DataFrame.

df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT ,  FROM Accounts WHERE  = ''", engine)

Visualize Workable Data

With the query results stored in a DataFrame, use the plot function to build a chart to display the Workable data. The show method displays the chart in a new window.

df.plot(kind="bar", x="", y="")
plt.show()

Free Trial & More Information

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Full Source Code

import pandas
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from sqlalchemy import create_engin

engine = create_engine("api:///?Profile=C:\profiles\Workable.apip&ProfileSettings='AuthScheme=APIKey&APIKey=my_api_key&Subdomain=acmeinc'")
df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT ,  FROM Accounts WHERE  = ''", engine)

df.plot(kind="bar", x="", y="")
plt.show()