Manage Hacker News Data in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source

The CData JDBC Driver for Hacker News seamlessly integrates Hacker News data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Hacker News data as a database. This article shows how to create a JDBC source for Hacker News in DBArtisan. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Hacker News Data into DBArtisan Projects

Follow the steps below to register Hacker News data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic JDBC.
3. Click Manage.
4. In the resulting dialog, click New. Enter a name for the driver and click Add. In the resulting dialog, navigate to the driver JAR. The driver JAR is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. 👁 The JDBC driver definition in the Register Datasource wizard. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
5. In the Connection URL box, enter credentials and other required connection properties in the JDBC URL.

   Connecting to HackerNews

   The HackerNews API (powered by Firebase) is a public API that requires no authentication. You can connect and query data immediately without any credentials.

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

   • AuthScheme: Set this to None.

   Example connection string:

   Profile=C:\profiles\HackerNews.apip;AuthScheme=None
   

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Hacker News 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.

   👁 Required JDBC connection properties in the Register Datasource wizard. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   Below is a typical connection string:

   jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\HackerNews.apip;AuthScheme=None

6. Finish the wizard to connect to Hacker News data. Hacker News entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Hacker News data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Hacker News API.