Connect to Bright Data Data from a Connection Pool in Jetty

The CData JDBC driver for Bright Data is easy to integrate with Java Web applications. This article shows how to efficiently connect to Bright Data data in Jetty by configuring the driver for connection pooling. You will configure a JNDI resource for Bright Data in Jetty.

Configure the JDBC Driver for Salesforce as a JNDI Data Source

Follow the steps below to connect to Salesforce from Jetty.

1. Enable the JNDI module for your Jetty base. The following command enables JNDI from the command-line:

   java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-startd=jndi
   

2. Add the CData and license file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory, into the lib subfolder of the context path.

3. Declare the resource and its scope. Enter the required connection properties in the resource declaration. This example declares the Bright Data data source at the level of the Web app, in WEB-INF\jetty-env.xml.

   <Configure id='brightdatademo' class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
    <New id="brightdatademo" class="org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jndi.Resource">
    <Arg><Ref refid="brightdatademo"/></Arg>
    <Arg>jdbc/brightdatadb</Arg>
    <Arg>
    <New class="cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver">
    <Set name="url">jdbc:api:</Set>
    <Set name="Profile">C:\profiles\BrightData.apip</Set>
    <Set name="AuthScheme">APIKey</Set>
    <Set name="ProfileSettings">"APIKey</Set>
    </New>
    </Arg>
    </New>
   </Configure>
   

   Using API Key Authentication

   To use the Bright Data API, you need an API key from the Bright Data Control Panel. Navigate to Account Settings > API to generate or retrieve your API key.

   After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
   • APIKey: Set this to your Bright Data API key from the Control Panel.

   Example connection string:

   Profile=C:\profiles\BrightData.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings="APIKey=your_api_key"
   

4. Configure the resource in the Web.xml:

    jdbc/brightdatadb
    javax.sql.DataSource
    Container
   
   

5. You can then access Bright Data with a lookup to java:comp/env/jdbc/brightdatadb:

   InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
   DataSource mybrightdata = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/brightdatadb");
   

More Jetty Integration

The steps above show how to configure the driver in a simple connection pooling scenario. For more use cases and information, see the Working with Jetty JNDI chapter in the Jetty documentation.