Query Zoho Projects Data through ODBC in Node.js



Use node-odbc to execute SQL queries against Zoho Projects data from Node.js.

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript code outside of a browser. With the CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Projects, you can access live Zoho Projects data from Node.js apps and scripts. In this article, we walk through installing node-odbc and the required tools to create a simple Node.js app with access to live Zoho Projects data.

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

Connecting to Zoho Projects Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

The connector uses OAuth to authenticate with Zoho Projects. CData Software has already registered an OAuth application with Zoho Project which is embedded and used to authenticate.

If you use the embedded credentials, set the InitiateOAuth connection property to "GETANDREFRESH".

If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Help documentation.

Building node-odbc

In order to connect to Zoho Projects through the CData ODBC Driver, you need to build node-odbc manually (after installing the required tools).

Installing the Required Tools

The following commands install the tools required to build node-odbc (note the -g parameter, which installs the tools globally).

npm i -g windows-build-tools
npm i -g node-gyp

Building node-odbc

After installing the required tools, create a directory for the Node.js app and install odbc (which builds the binary for us to use in our Node.js script).

mkdir nodeodbc
cd nodeodbc
npm i -g node

Querying Zoho Projects from Node.js

With the ODBC Driver installed, a DSN Configured, and node-odbc built, we are ready to query live Zoho Projects data from a Node.js app. The sample code below connects to a specific DSN and queries the Portals table.

myscript.js

const odbc = require('odbc');

async function queryZohoProjects() {
    const connection = await odbc.connect(`DSN=CData ZohoProjects Source`);
    const data = await connection.query('SELECT Id, Name FROM Portals');
    console.log(data);
}

queryZohoProjects();

Once you write the app, use node to execute the script:

node myscript.js

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The Zoho Projects ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Zoho Projects, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Zoho Projects data like you would a database - read, write, and update Zoho Projects 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.