Connect to YouTube Analytics Data in as an External Source in Dremio

The CData JDBC Driver for YouTube Analytics implements JDBC Standards and allows various applications, including Dremio, to work with live YouTube Analytics data. Dremio is a data lakehouse platform designed to empower self-service, interactive analytics on the data lake. With the CData JDBC Driver, you can include live YouTube Analytics data as a part of your enterprise data lake. This article describes how to connect to YouTube Analytics data from Dremio as an External Source.

The CData JDBC Driver enables high-speed access to live YouTube Analytics data in Dremio. Once you install the driver, authenticate with YouTube Analytics and gain immediate access to YouTube Analytics data within your data lake. By surfacing YouTube Analytics data using native data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, the CData JDBC Driver grants seamless access to YouTube Analytics data.

Build the ARP Connector

To use the CData JDBC Driver in Dremio, you need to build an Advanced Relation Pushdown (ARP) Connector. You can view the source code for the Connector on GitHub or download the ZIP file (GitHub.com) directly. Once you copy or extract the files, run the following command from the root directory of the connector (the directory containing the pom.xml file) to build the connector.

mvn clean install

Once the JAR file for the connector is built (in the target directory), you are ready to copy the ARP connector and JDBC Driver to your Dremio instance.

Installing the Connector and JDBC Driver

Install the ARP Connector to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/ and the JDBC Driver for YouTube Analytics to %DREMIO_HOME%/jars/3rdparty. You can use commands similar to the following:

ARP Connector

docker cp PATH\TO\dremio-youtubeanalytics-plugin-20.0.0.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/

JDBC Driver for YouTube Analytics

docker cp PATH\TO\cdata.jdbc.youtubeanalytics.jar dremio_image_name:/opt/dremio/jars/3rdparty/

Connecting to YouTube Analytics

YouTube Analytics will now appear as an External Source option in Dremio. The ARP Connector built uses a JDBC URL to connect to YouTube Analytics data. The JDBC Driver has a built-in connection string designer that you can use (see below).

Built-in Connection String Designer

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

java -jar cdata.jdbc.youtubeanalytics.jar

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

YouTube Analytics uses the OAuth authentication standard. You can use the embedded CData OAuth credentials or you can register an application with Google to obtain your own.

In addition to the OAuth values, to access YouTube Analytics data set ChannelId to the Id of a YouTube channel. You can obtain the channel Id in the advanced account settings for your channel. If not specified, the channel of the currently authenticated user will be used.

If you want to generate content owner reports, specify the ContentOwnerId property. This is the Id of the copyright holder for content in YouTube's rights management system. The content owner is the person or organization that claims videos and sets their monetization policy.

NOTE: To use the JDBC Driver in Dremio, you will need a license (full or trial) and a Runtime Key (RTK). For more information on obtaining this license (or a trial), contact our sales team.

Add the Runtime Key (RTK) to the JDBC URL. You will end up with a JDBC URL similar to the following:

jdbc:youtubeanalytics:RTK=5246...;ContentOwnerId=MyContentOwnerId;ChannelId=MyChannelId;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Access YouTube Analytics as an External Source

To add YouTube Analytics as an External Source, click to add a new source and select YouTubeAnalytics. Copy the JDBC URL and paste it into the New YouTubeAnalytics Source wizard.

Save the connection and you are ready to query live YouTube Analytics data in Dremio, easily incorporating YouTube Analytics data into your data lake.

More Information & Free Trial

Using the CData JDBC Driver for YouTube Analytics in Dremio, you can incorporate live YouTube Analytics data into your data lake. Check out our CData JDBC Driver for YouTube Analytics page for more information about connecting to YouTube Analytics. Download a free, 30 day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for YouTube Analytics and get started today.