Using the CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Projects 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 Projects 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 Projects 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 Projects

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.

The connector uses OAuth to authenticate with Zoho Projects. CData Software has already registered an OAuth application with Zoho Project which is embedded and used to authenticate.

If you use the embedded credentials, set the InitiateOAuth connection property to "GETANDREFRESH".

If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Help documentation.

Below is the syntax for a DSN:

[CData ZohoProjects Source]
Driver = CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Projects
Description = My Description
InitiateOAuth = GETANDREFRESH

Execute SQL to Zoho Projects

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 ZohoProjects};InitiateOAuth = GETANDREFRESH;')
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT Id, Name FROM Portals WHERE CrmPartner = 'true'")
rows = cursor.fetchall()
for row in rows:
 print(row.Id, row.Name)

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