Connect to Printify Data in DBArtisan

The CData ODBC Driver for Printify seamlessly integrates Printify data into database management tools like DBArtisan by enabling you to access Printify data as a database. This article shows how to create an data source for Printify in DBArtisan and execute queries. You can then edit data visually and execute standard SQL.

Integrate Printify Data into DBArtisan Projects

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

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.

You can then follow the steps below to register Printify data as a database instance in your project:

1. In DBArtisan, click Data Source -> Register Datasource.
2. Select Generic ODBC.
3. Enter a name for the data source and select the DSN.
4. Finish the wizard to connect to Printify data. Printify entities are displayed in the Datasource Explorer.

You can now work with Printify data as you work with any other database. See the driver help documentation for more information on the queries supported by the Printify API.