Connect to Drip Data in JRuby

JRuby is a high-performance, stable, fully threaded Java implementation of the Ruby programming language. The CData JDBC Driver for Drip makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live Drip data in JRuby. This article shows how to create a simple JRuby app that connects to Drip data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Configure a JDBC Connection to Drip Data

Before creating the app, note the installation location for the JAR file for the JDBC Driver (typically C:\Program Files\CData\CData JDBC Driver for Drip\lib).

JRuby natively supports JDBC, so you can easily connect to Drip and execute SQL queries. Initialize the JDBC connection with the getConnection function of the java.sql.DriverManager class.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Drip Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Drip.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Drip (see below).

Drip API Profile Settings

To use Token Authentication, specify your APIKey within the ProfileSettings connection property. The APIKey should be set to your Drip personal API Token.

Built-in Connection String Designer

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

java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar

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

Below is a typical JDBC connection string for Drip:

jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Drip.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=my_api_token';

Create a JRuby App with Connectivity to Drip Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: APISelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

require 'java'
require 'rubygems'
require 'C:/Program Files/CData/CData JDBC Driver for Drip 2018/lib/cdata.jdbc.api.jar'

url = "jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Drip.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=my_api_token';"
conn = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(url)
stmt = conn.createStatement
rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT Id, Name FROM Broadcasts")
while (rs.next) do
 puts rs.getString(1) + ' ' + rs.getString(2)
end

With the file completed, you are ready to display your Drip data with JRuby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

jruby -S APISelect.rb

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