Query SAP Hybris C4C Data through ODBC in Node.js

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript code outside of a browser. With the CData ODBC Driver for SAP Hybris C4C, you can access live SAP Hybris C4C data from Node.js apps and scripts. In this article, we walk through installing node-odbc and the required tools to create a simple Node.js app with access to live SAP Hybris C4C data.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData ODBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live SAP Hybris C4C data in Node.js. When you issue complex SQL queries from Node.js to SAP Hybris C4C, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to SAP Hybris C4C and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Connecting to SAP Hybris C4C Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer uses basic authentication. Set the User and Password to your login credentials.

Building node-odbc

In order to connect to SAP Hybris C4C through the CData ODBC Driver, you need to build node-odbc manually (after installing the required tools).

Installing the Required Tools

The following commands install the tools required to build node-odbc (note the -g parameter, which installs the tools globally).

npm i -g windows-build-tools
npm i -g node-gyp

Building node-odbc

After installing the required tools, create a directory for the Node.js app and install odbc (which builds the binary for us to use in our Node.js script).

mkdir nodeodbc
cd nodeodbc
npm i -g node

Querying SAP Hybris C4C from Node.js

With the ODBC Driver installed, a DSN Configured, and node-odbc built, we are ready to query live SAP Hybris C4C data from a Node.js app. The sample code below connects to a specific DSN and queries the AccountCollection table.

myscript.js

const odbc = require('odbc');

async function querySAPHybrisC4C() {
    const connection = await odbc.connect(`DSN=CData SAPHybrisC4C Source`);
    const data = await connection.query('SELECT ObjectID, AccountName FROM AccountCollection');
    console.log(data);
}

querySAPHybrisC4C();

Once you write the app, use node to execute the script:

node myscript.js

Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for SAP Hybris C4C and start working with your live SAP Hybris C4C data in Node.js. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.