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 Kintone 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.kintone.KintoneDriver

• Provide the JDBC URL. For example:
  

  jdbc:kintone:User=myuseraccount;Password=mypassword;Url=http://subdomain.domain.com;GuestSpaceId=myspaceid
  
  or
  
  jdbc:cdata:kintone:User=myuseraccount;Password=mypassword;Url=http://subdomain.domain.com;GuestSpaceId=myspaceid

  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:kintone:" or "jdbc:cdata:kintone:" and can include any of the connection properties in name-value pairs separated with semicolons.

Connecting to Kintone

In addition to the authentication values, set the following parameters to connect to and retrieve data from Kintone:

• Url: The URL of your account.
• GuestSpaceId: Optional. Set this when using a guest space.

Authenticating to Kintone

Kintone supports the following authentication methods.

Password Authentication

You must set the following to authenticate to Kintone:

• User: The username of your account.
• Password: The password of your account.
• AuthScheme: Set AuthScheme to Password.

API Token

You must set the following to authenticate to Kintone:

• APIToken: The API Token.

  To generate an API token access the specific app and click on the cog wheel. Proceed to App Settings tab > API Token. Click on the Generate button, an API token will be generated. You can also specify multiple comma-seperated APITokens.

• AppId: The Application Ids.

  The AppId is the number of that specific app in the sequence under Apps in Kintone UI dashboard. You can also specify multiple comma-seperated AppIds.

• AuthScheme: Set AuthScheme to APIToken.

Additional Security

In addition to the mentioned authentication schemese, Kintone offers additional security in the form of both an additional Basic Auth header, and an SSL Certificate.

Using Client SSL

In addition to your authentication information, Kintone may be configured to require an SSL certificate to accept requests. To do so, set the following:

• SSLClientCert: The file containing the certificate of the SSL Cert. Or alternatively, the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
• SSLClientCertType: The type of certificate.
• SSLClientCertSubject: (Optional) If searching for a certificate in the certificate store, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
• SSLClientCertPassword: If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password to open the certificate store.

Basic

Kintone environments using basic authentication will need to pass additional basic credentials. To do so, specify the following:

• BasicAuthUser: The basic login name.
• BasicAuthPassword: The basic password.