Enable the HubSpot JDBC Driver in KNIME

Dibyendu Datta
Lead Technology Evangelist

Use standard data access components in KNIME to create charts and reports with HubSpot data.

One of the strengths of the CData JDBC Driver for HubSpot is its cross-platform support, enabling integration with major BI tools. Follow the procedure below to access HubSpot data in KNIME and to create a chart from HubSpot data using the report designer.

About HubSpot Data Integration

CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from HubSpot. Customers use CData connectivity to:

Access HubSpot without worrying about API updates or changes.
Access custom objects and fields in HubSpot with no extra configuration steps involved.
Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional operations like uploading or downloading attachments, inserting engagements, and creating or deleting custom objects or fields.

Users frequently integrate HubSpot with analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and leverage our tools to replicate HubSpot data to databases or data warehouses.

To learn about how other customers are using CData's HubSpot solutions, check out our blog: Drivers in Focus: Simplified HubSpot Connectivity.

Getting Started

Define a New JDBC Connection to HubSpot Data

Go to File -> Preferences -> KNIME -> Databases
Click Add File and add the cdata.jdbc.hubspot.jar. The driver JAR file is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. 👁 CData drivers added to a KNIME workflow.
Click Find driver classes
Set the ID and the Name of the connection (you can set any values you prefer for these fields as they are not restricted)
Set the URL template. A typical JDBC URL is provided below:
```
	 jdbc:hubspot:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;
	
```

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

	java -jar cdata.jdbc.hubspot.jar

👁 Connection properties added to CData driver

Additionally, please refer to our documentation to learn more about Connection Properties

Click OK to close the configuration section. 👁 Registering new database CData drivers in KNIME workflow.
Under Node Repository go to DB -> Connection -> drag and drop DB Connector. Double-click on it and change the driver name to the driver you just configured, in this case, HubSpot (ID: HubSpot). The Database URL should change automatically. 👁 Configuring the CData driver
Click Apply and OK to save changes. 👁 Authentication
Right-click on the connector and select Execute. You will see that the connector will allow you to redirect to the browser where you will need to log in and allow access. After that, you will get connected successfully. 👁 Executing the DB Connector

Now you can go to the Read/Write section in Node Repository and get a DB Query Reader, to be able to execute a query. 👁 DB Query Reader

Double-click on your DB Query Reader and click the refresh button to load the metadata. Create an SQL Statement and click Evaluate. After clicking Evaluate you will be able to see the records requested. To learn more about the tables/views that are listed in our driver please refer to our Data Model. 👁 DB Query Reader to load the metadata

Get Started Today

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for HubSpot and start building HubSpot-connected charts and reports with KNIME. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.

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