Connect to Yotpo Data in DBArtisan
The CData ODBC Driver for Yotpo seamlessly integrates Yotpo data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Yotpo data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Yotpo in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.
Integrate Yotpo Data into DBArtisan Projects
If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Yotpo Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Yotpo.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Yotpo (see below).
Yotpo API Profile Settings
To authenticate to Yotpo, you can use the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow with your Yotpo AppKey and AppSecret.
To use the Yotpo API, you need a Yotpo store account with an AppKey and AppSecret. You can find these credentials in the Yotpo dashboard under Account Settings > Store.
After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:
- AuthScheme: Set this to OAuthClient.
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
- OAuthClientId: Set this to your Yotpo AppKey.
- OAuthClientSecret: Set this to your Yotpo AppSecret.
You can then follow the steps below to register Yotpo data as a database instance in your project:
- In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
- Select Generic ODBC.
- Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
- Finish the wizard to connect to Yotpo data. Yotpo entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.
You can now work with Yotpo data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Yotpo API.
