Connect to eBay Analytics Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for eBay Analytics integrates eBay Analytics data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to eBay Analytics 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 eBay Analytics 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, eBay Analytics.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.ebayanalytics.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.ebayanalytics.EbayAnalyticsDriver.

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

     You can authenticate to eBay Analytics only via the OAuth 2 authentication method. The eBay Analytics API requires an access token created with the authorization code grant flow to authorize the requests.

     You can follow the guide in the Help documentation for a step by step guide on how to authenticate using the OAuth 2 protocol.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.ebayanalytics.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:ebayanalytics:OAuthClientId=MyAppID;OAuthClientSecret=MyCertID;RuName=MyRuName;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

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

Query eBay Analytics Data

You can now query the tables exposed.