REST Drivers & Connectors
for Data Integration

The REST driver acts like a bridge that facilitates communication between various applications and REST, allowing the application to read data as if it were a relational database. The REST driver abstracts the complexities of REST APIs, authentication methods, and data types, making it simple for any application to connect to REST data in real-time via standard SQL queries.

Working with a REST Driver is different than connecting with REST through other means. REST API integrations require technical experience from a software developer or IT resources. Additionally, due to the constant evolution of APIs and services, once you build your integration you have to constantly maintain REST integration code moving forward.

By comparison, our REST Drivers offer codeless access to live REST data for both technical and non-technical users alike. Any user can install our drivers and begin working with live REST data from any client application. Because our drivers conform to standard data interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET etc. they offer a consistent, maintenance-free interface to REST data. We manage all of the complexities of REST integration within each driver and deploy updated drivers as systems evolve so your applications continue to run seamlessly.

Many organizations draw attention to their library of connectors. After all, data connectivity is a core capability needed for applications to maximize their business value. However, it is essential to understand exactly what you are getting when evaluating connectivity. Some vendors are happy to offer connectors that implement basic proof-of-concept level connectivity. These connectors may highlight the possibilities of working with REST, but often only provide a fraction of capability. Finding real value from these connectors usually requires additional IT or development resources.

Unlike these POC-quality connectors, every CData REST driver offers full-featured REST data connectivity. The CData REST drivers support extensive REST integration, providing access to all of the REST data and meta-data needed by enterprise integration or analytics projects. Each driver contains a powerful embedded SQL engine that offers applications easy and high-performance access to all REST data. In addition, our drivers offer robust authentication and security capabilities, allowing users to connect securely across a wide range of enterprise configurations. Compare drivers and connectors to read more about some of the benefits of CData's driver connectivity.

With our drivers and connectors, every data source is essentially SQL-based. The CData REST driver contains a full SQL-92 compliant engine that translates standard SQL queries into REST API calls dynamically. Queries are parsed and optimized for each data source, pushing down as much of the request to REST as possible. Any logic that can not be pushed to REST is handled transparently client-side by the driver/connector engine. Ultimately, this means that REST looks and acts exactly like a database to any client application or tool. Users can integrate live REST connectivity with ANY software solution that can talk to a standard database.

Using the CData REST drivers and connectors, REST can be easily integrated with almost any application. Any software or technology that can integrate with a database or connect with standards-based drivers like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, etc., can use our drivers for live REST data connectivity. Explore some of the more popular REST data integrations online.

REST Analytics is universally supported for BI and data science. In addition, CData provides native client connectors for popular analytics applications like Power BI, Tableau, and Excel that simplify REST data integration. Additionally, native Python connectors are widely available for data science and data engineering projects that integrate seamlessly with popular tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash, and Petl.

REST data integration is typically enabled with CData Sync, a robust any-to-any data pipeline solution that is easy to set up, runs everywhere, and offers comprehensive enterprise-class features for data engineering. CData Sync makes it easy to replicate REST data any database or data warehouse, and maintain parity between systems with automated incremental REST replication. In addition, our REST drivers and connectors can be easily embedded into a wide range of data integration tools to augment existing solutions.

Absolutely. CData offers native Excel Add-Ins for REST integration. These Add-Ins provide live access to REST data directly from Microsoft Excel.