Connect to Printify Data in RapidMiner

This article shows how you can easily integrate the CData JDBC driver for Printify into your processes in RapidMiner. This article uses the CData JDBC Driver for Printify to transfer Printify data to a process in RapidMiner.

Connect to Printify in RapidMiner as a JDBC Data Source

You can follow the procedure below to establish a JDBC connection to Printify:

1. Add a new database driver for Printify: Click Connections -> Manage Database Drivers.
2. In the resulting wizard, click the Add button and enter a name for the connection.
3. Enter the prefix for the JDBC URL: jdbc:api:
4. Enter the path to the cdata.jdbc.api.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
5. Enter the driver class: cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver
6. Create a new Printify connection: Click Connections -> Manage Database Connections.
7. Enter a name for your connection.
8. For Database System, select the Printify driver you configured previously.
9. Enter your connection string in the Host box.

   Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Printify Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Profile.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Printify (see below).

   Printify API Profile Settings

   In order to authenticate to Printify, you'll need to provide your API Key. To get your API Key navigate to My Profile, then Connections. In the Connections section you will be able to generate your Personal Access Token (API Key) and set your Token Access Scopes. Personal Access Tokens are valid for one year. An expired Personal Access Token can be re-generated using the same steps after it expires. Set the API Key to your Personal Access Token in the ProfileSettings property to connect.

   Built-in Connection String Designer

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

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar

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

   A typical connection string is below:

   Profile=C:\profiles\Printify.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_personal_token';
10. Enter your username and password if necessary.

You can now use your Printify connection with the various RapidMiner operators in your process. To retrieve Printify data, drag the Retrieve operator from the Operators view. With the Retrieve operator selected, you can then define which table to retrieve in the Parameters view by clicking the folder icon next to the "repository entry." In the resulting Repository Browser, you can expand your connection node to select the desired example set.

Finally, wire the output to the Retrieve process to a result, and run the process to see the Printify data.