Connect to Basecamp Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for Basecamp integrates Basecamp data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Basecamp data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Basecamp data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Basecamp.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.basecamp.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.basecamp.BasecampDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:basecamp: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     Basecamp uses basic or OAuth 2.0 authentication. To use basic authentication you will need the user and password that you use for logging in to Basecamp. To authenticate to Basecamp via OAuth 2.0, obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with Basecamp.

     See the Getting Started section in the help documentation for a connection guide.

     Additionally, specify the AccountId connection property. This can be copied from the URL after you log in.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.basecamp.jar
     

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

     👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
     A typical JDBC URL is below:

     jdbc:basecamp:[email protected];Password=test123;

   👁 The JDBC data source, defined by the JAR path, driver class, and JDBC URL. (QuickBooks is shown.)
   

Query Basecamp Data

You can now query the tables exposed.