Connect to Dropbox Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for Dropbox integrates Dropbox data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Dropbox data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Dropbox data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Dropbox.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.dropbox.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.dropbox.DropboxDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:dropbox: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     Dropbox uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you can use the embedded credentials or register an app with Dropbox.

     See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

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

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.dropbox.jar

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

     A typical JDBC URL is below:
     jdbc:dropbox:InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Query Dropbox Data

You can now query the tables exposed.