Connect to Hugging Face Data in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL)

The CData JDBC Driver for Hugging Face enables you to use the data transformation components in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL) to work with Hugging Face as sources. In this article, you will use the JDBC Driver for Hugging Face to set up a simple transfer into a flat file. The CData JDBC Driver for Hugging Face enables you to use the data transformation components in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL) to work with Hugging Face as sources. In this article, you will use the JDBC Driver for Hugging Face to set up a simple transfer into a flat file.

Connect to Hugging Face as a JDBC Data Source

1. Create the connection to Hugging Face data. In a new CloverDX graph, right-click the Connections node in the Outline pane and click Connections -> Create Connection. The Database Connection wizard is displayed.
2. Click the plus icon to load a driver from a JAR. Browse to the lib subfolder of the installation directory and select the cdata.jdbc.api.jar file.
3. Enter the JDBC URL.

   HuggingFace Hub uses token-based authentication to enable access to its API. The API provides access to machine learning models, datasets, spaces, papers, and other resources on the HuggingFace Hub platform.

   Using API Key Authentication

   To authenticate to HuggingFace Hub, you will need to provide an API Key (Access Token). To obtain your access token:

   1. Log in to your HuggingFace account at https://huggingface.co
   2. Navigate to Settings > Access Tokens
   3. Click "New token" to create a new access token
   4. Select the appropriate permissions (read or write)
   5. Copy the token value

   After obtaining your access token, set the following connection properties:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
   • APIKey: Set this to your HuggingFace access token.

   Example connection string

   Profile=C:\profiles\HuggingFace.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=hf_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
   

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Hugging Face 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.

   👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   A typical JDBC URL is below:

   jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\HuggingFace.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=hf_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';

Query Hugging Face Data with the DBInputTable Component

1. Drag a DBInputTable from the Readers selection of the Palette onto the job flow and double-click it to open the configuration editor.
2. In the DB connection property, select the Hugging Face JDBC data source from the drop-down menu.
3. Enter the SQL query. For example:

   SELECT , FROM Collections WHERE = ''

Write the Output of the Query to a UniversalDataWriter

1. Drag a UniversalDataWriter from the Writers selection onto the jobflow.
2. Double-click the UniversalDataWriter to open the configuration editor and add a file URL.
3. Right-click the DBInputTable and then click Extract Metadata.
4. Connect the output port of the DBInputTable to the UniversalDataWriter.
5. In the resulting Select Metadata menu for the UniversalDataWriter, choose the Collections table. (You can also open this menu by right-clicking the input port for the UniversalDataWriter.)
6. Click Run to write to the file.