Access Certinia Data in Mule Applications Using the CData JDBC Driver

The CData JDBC Driver for Certinia connects Certinia data to Mule applications enabling read , write, update, and delete functionality with familiar SQL queries. The JDBC Driver allows users to easily create Mule applications to backup, transform, report, and analyze Certinia data.

This article demonstrates how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Certinia inside of a Mule project to create a Web interface for Certinia data. The application created allows you to request Certinia data using an HTTP request and have the results returned as JSON. The exact same procedure outlined below can be used with any CData JDBC Driver to create a Web interface for the hundreds of available data sources.

1. Create a new Mule Project in Anypoint Studio.
2. Add an HTTP Connector to the Message Flow.
3. Configure the address for the HTTP Connector. 👁 Add and Configure the HTTP Connector
   
4. Add a Database Select Connector to the same flow, after the HTTP Connector.
5. Create a new Connection (or edit an existing one) and configure the properties.
   • Set Connection to "Generic Connection"
   • Select the CData JDBC Driver JAR file in the Required Libraries section (e.g. cdata.jdbc.certinia.jar). 👁 Adding the JAR file (Salesforce is shown).
     
   • Set the URL to the connection string for Certinia

     There are several authentication methods available for connecting to Certinia: login credentials, SSO, and OAuth.

     Authenticating with a Login and Token

     Set the User and Password to your login credentials. Additionally, set the SecurityToken. By default, the SecurityToken is required, but you can make it optional by allowing a range of trusted IP addresses.

     To disable the security token:

     1. Log in to Certinia and enter "Network Access" in the Quick Find box in the setup section.
     2. Add your IP address to the list of trusted IP addresses.

     To obtain the security token:

     1. Open the personal information page on certinia.com.
     2. Click the link to reset your security token. The token will be emailed to you.
     3. Specify the security token in the SecurityToken connection property or append it to the Password.

     Authenticating with OAuth

     If you do not have access to the user name and password or do not want to require them, use the OAuth user consent flow. See the OAuth section in the Help for an authentication guide.

     Connecting to Certinia Sandbox Accounts

     Set UseSandbox to true (false by default) to use a Certinia sandbox account. Ensure that you specify a sandbox user name in User.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     		java -jar cdata.jdbc.certinia.jar
     		

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

   • Set the Driver class name to cdata.jdbc.certinia.CertiniaDriver. 👁 A configured Database Connection (Salesforce is shown).
     
   • Click Test Connection.
6. Set the SQL Query Text to a SQL query to request Certinia data. For example:

   SELECT BillingState, Name FROM Account WHERE Industry = 'Floppy Disks'

   👁 Configure the Select object (Salesforce is Shown)
   
7. Add a Transform Message Component to the flow.
8. Set the Output script to the following to convert the payload to JSON:

   %dw 2.0
   output application/json
   ---
   payload
    

   👁 Add the Transform Message Component to the Flow
   
9. To view your Certinia data, navigate to the address you configured for the HTTP Connector (localhost:8081 by default): http://localhost:8081. The Certinia data is available as JSON in your Web browser and any other tools capable of consuming JSON endpoints.

At this point, you have a simple Web interface for working with Certinia data (as JSON data) in custom apps and a wide variety of BI, reporting, and ETL tools. Download a free, 30 day trial of the JDBC Driver for Certinia and see the CData difference in your Mule Applications today.