Using the CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory

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.

In order to connect to Zoho Inventory, set the following connection properties:

• OrganizationId: set this to the ID associated with your specific Zoho Inventory organization
• InitiateOAuth: set the to "GETANDREFRESH"
• AccountsServer (Optional): set this full Account Server URL (only when manually refreshing the OAuth token)

The connectors use OAuth to authenticate with Zoho Inventory. For more information, refer to the Getting Started section of the Help documentation.

Below is the syntax for a DSN:

[CData ZohoInventory Source]
Driver = CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Inventory
Description = My Description
OrganizationId = YourOrganizationId
AccountsServer = YourAccountServerURL
InitiateOAuth = GETANDREFRESH

Execute SQL to Zoho Inventory

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 ZohoInventory};OrganizationId = YourOrganizationId;AccountsServer = YourAccountServerURL;InitiateOAuth = GETANDREFRESH;')
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT Id, CustomerName FROM Contacts WHERE FirstName = 'Katherine'")
rows = cursor.fetchall()
for row in rows:
 print(row.Id, row.CustomerName)

After connecting to Zoho Inventory in PyCharm using the CData ODBC Driver, you will be able to build Python apps with access to Zoho Inventory 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].