Creating a JDBC Data Source

You can create a JDBC data source to connect from your Java application. Creating a JDBC data source based on the CData JDBC Driver for PayPal consists of three basic steps:

• Add the driver JAR file to the classpath. The JAR file is located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory. Note that the .lic file must be located in the same folder as the JAR file.
• Provide the driver class. For example:
  

  cdata.jdbc.paypal.PayPalDriver

• Provide the JDBC URL. For example:
  

  jdbc:paypal:Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=ClientId;OAuthClientSecret=ClientSecret; UseSandbox=true;
  
  or
  
  jdbc:cdata:paypal:Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=ClientId;OAuthClientSecret=ClientSecret; UseSandbox=true;

  The second format above can be used whenever there is a conflict in your application between drivers using the same URL format to ensure you are using the CData driver. The URL must start with either "jdbc:paypal:" or "jdbc:cdata:paypal:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.

The provider surfaces tables from two PayPal APIs. The APIs use different authentication methods.

To choose the API you want to work with, set the Schema property to REST or SOAP. By default, the SOAP schema will be used.

• The REST API uses the OAuth standard. To authenticate to the REST API, you will need to set the AuthScheme to OAuth, the OAuthClientId, and OAuthClientSecret properties. See Connecting to the REST API for more information.
• The SOAP API requires Signature API credentials. To authenticate to the SOAP API, you will need to set the AuthScheme to Basic, set the Username, Password, and Signature properties. You generate these API credentials when you enable the SOAP API. See Connecting to the SOAP API for more information.

For testing purposes, set UseSandbox to true and use Sandbox credentials.