Connecting to Perigon

Using API Key Authentication

To use the Perigon API, you need to obtain an API key from your Perigon account. Navigate to the Perigon dashboard and generate an API key from your account settings.

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
APIKey: Set this to your Perigon API key.

Example connection string:

Profile=C:\profiles\Perigon.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings="APIKey=your_api_key"

Available Tables

The Perigon profile provides access to the following tables:

Articles - News articles retrieved from the Perigon news intelligence API
Headlines - Story clusters grouping related headline articles
Sources - News sources tracked by the Perigon news intelligence API
Journalists - Journalist profiles tracked by the Perigon news intelligence API

Usage Examples

Articles:

SELECT * FROM Articles

Headlines:

SELECT * FROM Headlines

Journalists:

SELECT * FROM Journalists

Sources:

SELECT * FROM Sources

Connection Properties

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider.

Property	Description
APIKey	The API key for your Perigon account.
AuthScheme	The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are APIKey or None. Allowed values are: BASIC, NONE, NTLM, OAUTH, APIKEY, OAUTH_CLIENT