Connecting to Placid

Placid uses API Key authentication to control access to the API. API tokens are project-specific and can be obtained from your project settings on placid.app.

Using API Key Authentication

To obtain your API key, log in to placid.app, navigate to your project, open the project settings, and generate an API token from the API section. Note that each API token is scoped to a specific project.

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

• AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
• APIKey: Set this to your Placid project API token.

Example connection string:

Profile=C:\profiles\Placid.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_project_api_token';

Usage Examples

Collections:

SELECT * FROM Collections

Images:

SELECT * FROM Images WHERE Id = 123

Pdfs:

SELECT * FROM Pdfs WHERE Id = 123

Templates:

SELECT * FROM Templates

Videos:

SELECT * FROM Videos WHERE Id = 123

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.

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Property	Description
APIKey	The project API token used to authenticate to the Placid API.
AuthScheme	The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are APIKey or None. Allowed values are: BASIC, NONE, NTLM, OAUTH, APIKEY, OAUTH_CLIENT