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Create a Data Source for Todoist in DataGrip and use SQL to query live Todoist data.
DataGrip is a database IDE that allows SQL developers to query, create, and manage databases. When paired with the CData API Driver for JDBC, DataGrip can work with live Todoist data. This article shows how to establish a connection to Todoist data in DataGrip.
Create a New Driver Definition for Todoist
The steps below describe how to create a new Data Source in DataGrip for Todoist.
- In DataGrip, click File -> New > Project and name the project
- In the Database Explorer, click the plus icon () and select Driver.
- In the Driver tab:
- Set Name to a user-friendly name (e.g. "CData Todoist Driver")
- Set Driver Files to the appropriate JAR file. To add the file, click the plus (), select "Add Files," navigate to the "lib" folder in the driver's installation directory and select the JAR file (e.g. cdata.jdbc.api.jar).
- Set Class to cdata.jdbc.api.API.jar
Additionally, in the advanced tab you can change driver properties and some other settings like VM Options, VM environment, VM home path, DBMS, etc - For most cases, change the DBMS type to "Unknown" in Expert options to avoid native SQL Server queries (Transact-SQL), which might result in an invalid function error
- Click "Apply" then "OK" to save the Connection
Configure a Connection to Todoist
- Once the connection is saved, click the plus (), then "Data Source" then "CData Todoist Driver" to create a new Todoist Data Source.
- In the new window, configure the connection to Todoist with a JDBC URL.
Built-in Connection String Designer
For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Todoist 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.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Todoist Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Todoist.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Todoist (see below).
Todoist API Profile Settings
To authenticate to Todoist, and connect to your own data or to allow other users to connect to their data, you can use the OAuth standard.
First, you will need to register an OAuth application with Todoist. To do so, go to App Management Console, create a new application and configure a valid OAuth redirect URL. Your Oauth application will be assigned a client id and a client secret.
After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:
- AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
- OAuthClientId: Set this to the client_id that is specified in you app settings.
- OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the client_secret that is specified in you app settings.
- CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URI that is specified in your app settings
- Set URL to the connection string, e.g.,
jdbc:api:Profile=C:\profiles\Todoist.apip;Authscheme=OAuth;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackUrl=your_callback_url;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH
- Click "Apply" and "OK" to save the connection string
At this point, you will see the data source in the Data Explorer.
Execute SQL Queries Against Todoist
To browse through the Todoist entities (available as tables) accessible through the JDBC Driver, expand the Data Source.
![Exploring the data (Salesforce is shown.)](../articles/jdbc-datagrip-6.png)
To execute queries, right click on any table and select "New" -> "Query Console."
![Opening a new Query Console.](../articles/jdbc-datagrip-7.png)
In the Console, write the SQL query you wish to execute. For example: SELECT Id, Priority FROM Tasks WHERE Completed = 'false'
![Querying with SQL (Salesforce is shown.)](../articles/jdbc-datagrip-8.png)
Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData API Driver for JDBC and start working with your live Todoist data in DataGrip. Reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions.