Connect to Hacker News Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC 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 an data source for Hacker News in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Hacker News Data into DBArtisan Projects

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

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

You can then 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 ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN. 👁 The DSN of the data source to be registered. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Hacker News data. Hacker News entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer. 👁 The Datasource Explorer. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

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.