Connect to Pinecone Data in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL)

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

Connect to Pinecone as a JDBC Data Source

1. Create the connection to Pinecone 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.

   Authentication

   To authenticate to Pinecone, and connect to your own data or to allow other users to connect to their data, you can use API Key authentication.

   Using API Key Authentication

   To authenticate using an API Key, you need to obtain your API Key from your Pinecone console at https://app.pinecone.io/.

   You can then connect by setting the AuthScheme to APIKey and providing your API key:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
   • APIKey: Set this to your API key from Pinecone.

   Example connection strings:

   Standard API Key Configuration:

   Profile=C:\profiles\Pinecone.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key;APIVersion=2025-10';
   

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Pinecone 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\Pinecone.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key;APIVersion=2025-10';

Query Pinecone 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 Pinecone JDBC data source from the drop-down menu.
3. Enter the SQL query. For example:

   SELECT , FROM Indexes WHERE Name = 'my-index'

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 Indexes table. (You can also open this menu by right-clicking the input port for the UniversalDataWriter.)
6. Click Run to write to the file.