Connect to WooCommerce Data in JRuby

JRuby is a high-performance, stable, fully threaded Java implementation of the Ruby programming language. The CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live WooCommerce data in JRuby. This article shows how to create a simple JRuby app that connects to WooCommerce data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Configure a JDBC Connection to WooCommerce Data

Before creating the app, note the installation location for the JAR file for the JDBC Driver (typically C:\Program Files\CData\CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce\lib).

JRuby natively supports JDBC, so you can easily connect to WooCommerce and execute SQL queries. Initialize the JDBC connection with the getConnection function of the java.sql.DriverManager class.

WooCommerce supports the following authentication methods: one-legged OAuth1.0 Authentication and standard OAuth2.0 Authentication.

Connecting using one-legged OAuth 1.0 Authentication

Specify the following properties (NOTE: the below credentials are generated from WooCommerce settings page and should not be confused with the credentials generated by using WordPress OAuth2.0 plugin):

• ConsumerKey
• ConsumerSecret

Connecting using WordPress OAuth 2.0 Authentication

After having configured the

• OAuthClientId
• OAuthClientSecret
• CallbackURL
• InitiateOAuth - Set this to either GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH

In either case, set the Url property to the URL of the WooCommerce instance.

Built-in Connection String Designer

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

java -jar cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.jar

Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

Below is a typical JDBC connection string for WooCommerce:

jdbc:woocommerce:Url=https://example.com/; ConsumerKey=ck_ec52c76185c088ecaa3145287c8acba55a6f59ad; ConsumerSecret=cs_9fde14bf57126156701a7563fc87575713c355e5;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

Create a JRuby App with Connectivity to WooCommerce Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: WooCommerceSelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

require 'java'
require 'rubygems'
require 'C:/Program Files/CData/CData JDBC Driver for WooCommerce 2018/lib/cdata.jdbc.woocommerce.jar'

url = "jdbc:woocommerce:Url=https://example.com/; ConsumerKey=ck_ec52c76185c088ecaa3145287c8acba55a6f59ad; ConsumerSecret=cs_9fde14bf57126156701a7563fc87575713c355e5;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;"
conn = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(url)
stmt = conn.createStatement
rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT ParentId, Total FROM Orders")
while (rs.next) do
 puts rs.getString(1) + ' ' + rs.getString(2)
end

With the file completed, you are ready to display your WooCommerce data with JRuby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

jruby -S WooCommerceSelect.rb

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