Connect to QuickBooks Online Data in RazorSQL

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

Connect to QuickBooks Online from wizards and query QuickBooks Online data from the GUI in the RazorSQL database management tool.

The CData JDBC Driver for QuickBooks Online enables standards-based access from third-party tools, from wizards in IDEs to data management and analysis tools. This article shows how to connect to QuickBooks Online using wizards in RazorSQL.

About QuickBooks Online Data Integration

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

Realize high-performance data reads thanks to push-down query optimization for complex operations like filters and aggregations.
Read, write, update, and delete QuickBooks Online data.
Run reports, download attachments, and send or void invoices directly from code using SQL stored procedures.
Connect securely using OAuth and modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, and ECC.

Many users access live QuickBooks Online data from preferred analytics tools like Power BI and Excel, directly from databases with federated access, and use CData solutions to easily integrate QuickBooks Online data with automated workflows for business-to-business communications.

For more information on how customers are solving problems with CData's QuickBooks Online solutions, refer to our blog: https://www.cdata.com/blog/360-view-of-your-customers.

Getting Started

Create a JDBC Data Source for QuickBooks Online Data

Open the RazorSQL application and, in the Connections menu, select Add Connection Profile -> Other -> JDBC.
In the Connection Wizard that appears, set the following properties:
- Driver Location: Set this property to the path to the lib subfolder in the installation directory.
- Driver Class: Set the driver class to cdata.jdbc.quickbooksonline.QuickBooksOnlineDriver.
- Username: Enter the username. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
- Password: Enter the password. (This property can also be set in the JDBC URL.)
- JDBC URL: Enter connection parameters. The JDBC URL begins with jdbc:quickbooksonline: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.
  
  QuickBooks Online uses the OAuth authentication standard. OAuth requires the authenticating user to log in through the browser. To authenticate using OAuth, you can use the embedded OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL or you can obtain your own by registering an app with Intuit. Additionally, if you want to connect to sandbox data, set UseSandbox to true.
  
  See the Getting Started chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.
  
  Built-in Connection String Designer
  
  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the QuickBooks Online JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.
```
java -jar cdata.jdbc.quickbooksonline.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 the following:
```
jdbc:quickbooksonline:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;
```

👁 The JDBC data source, defined by the JAR path, driver class, and JDBC URL. Connection properties are defined in the JDBC URL. (QuickBooks is shown.)

Query QuickBooks Online Data and Select Tables

After establishing a connection, the wizard will close and the connection will be available in the connections panel. You can then query the tables.

👁 The resuls of a query in RazorSQL. (QuickBooks is shown.)

Ready to get started?

Download a free trial of the QuickBooks Online Driver to get started:

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Learn more:

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QuickBooks Online JDBC Driver

Complete read-write access to QuickBooks Online enables developers to search (Customers, Transactions, Invoices, Sales Receipts, etc.), update items, edit customers, and more, from any Java/J2EE application.

URL: https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/qbonline-jdbc-rsql.rst