Using the CData ODBC Driver for SendPulse in PyCharm

The CData ODBC Drivers can be used in any environment that supports loading an ODBC Driver. In this tutorial we will explore using the CData ODBC Driver for SendPulse from within PyCharm. Included are steps for adding the CData ODBC Driver as a data source, as well as basic PyCharm code to query the data source and display results.

To begin, this tutorial will assume that you have already installed the CData ODBC Driver for SendPulse as well as PyCharm.

Add Pyodbc to the Project

Follow the steps below to add the pyodbc module to your project.

1. Click File -> Settings to open the project settings window.
2. Click Project Interpreter from the Project: YourProjectName menu.
3. To add pyodbc, click the + button and enter pyodbc.
4. Click Install Package to install pyodbc.

Connect to SendPulse

You can now connect with an ODBC connection string or a DSN. See the Getting Started section in the CData driver documentation for a guide to creating a DSN on your OS.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the SendPulse Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\SendPulse.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for SendPulse (see below).

SendPulse API Profile Settings

Log into your SendPulse account, navigate to Profile > Account Settings > API, and retrieve your API ID and Secret to use as your OAuth Client ID and Secret.

Below is the syntax for a DSN:

[CData API Source]
Driver = CData ODBC Driver for SendPulse
Description = My Description
Profile = C:\profiles\SendPulse.apip
Authscheme = OAuth
OAuthClientId = your_client_id
OAuthClientSecret = your_client_secret
CallbackUrl = your_callback_url

Execute SQL to SendPulse

Instantiate a Cursor and use the execute method of the Cursor class to execute any SQL statement.

import pyodbc

cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={CData ODBC Driver for API};Profile = C:\profiles\SendPulse.apip;Authscheme = OAuth;OAuthClientId = your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret = your_client_secret;CallbackUrl = your_callback_url;')
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT AutoresponderId, AutoresponderName FROM AutomationFlowsStatistics WHERE AutoresponderStatus = '1'")
rows = cursor.fetchall()
for row in rows:
 print(row.AutoresponderId, row.AutoresponderName)

After connecting to SendPulse in PyCharm using the CData ODBC Driver, you will be able to build Python apps with access to SendPulse data as if it were a standard database. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback regarding this tutorial, please contact us at [email protected].