Linux DSN Configuration
This section describes how to set up ODBC connectivity and configure DSNs on several Linux distributions: Debian-based systems, like Ubuntu, and Red Hat Linux platforms, like Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora.
Minimum Linux Versions
Here are the minimum supported versions for Red Hat-based and Debian-based systems:
| OS | Min. Version |
| Ubuntu | 18.04 |
| Debian | 10 |
| RHEL | 8 |
| Fedora | 28 |
| SUSE | 15 |
Installing the Driver Dependencies
Run the following commands as root or with sudo to install the necessary dependencies:
- Debian/Ubuntu:
apt-get install libc6 libstdc++6 zlib1g libgcc1
- RHEL/Fedora:
yum install glibc libstdc++ zlib libgcc
Installing the Driver
You can use standard package management systems to install the driver.
On Debian-based systems, like Ubuntu, run the following command with root or sudo:
dpkg -i /path/to/driver/setup/KlaviyoODBCDriverforUnix.deb
On systems that support the RPM package format, run the following command with root or sudo:
rpm -ivh /path/to/driver/KlaviyoODBCDriverforUnix.rpm
Licensing the Driver
Run the following commands to license the driver. To activate a trial, omit the <key> input.
cd /opt/cdata/cdata-odbc-driver-for-klaviyo/bin/
sudo ./install-license.sh <key>
Connecting through the Driver Manager
The driver manager loads the driver and passes function calls from the application to the driver. You need to register the driver with the driver manager and you define DSNs in the driver manager's configuration files.
The driver installation registers the driver with the unixODBC driver manager and creates a system DSN. The unixODBC driver manager can be used from Python and from many other applications. Your application may embed another driver manager.
Creating the DSN
See Using unixODBC to install unixODBC and configure DSNs. See Using the DataDirect Driver Manager to create a DSN to connect to OBIEE, Informatica, and SAS.
Connecting to Klaviyo
To connect to Klaviyo, first choose an authentication method by setting the following property:
- AuthScheme: The type of authentication to use whe connecting to Klaviyo.
Depending on the selected method, additional connection properties are required. See below for configuration steps for each supported authentication type.
Accessing Custom Fields
By default, the driver surfaces only system fields. To detect and include custom fields set IncludeCustomFields to true. When IncludeCustomFields is set to true the driver scans RowScanDepth records to detect custom fields and determine their datatype. Set RowScanDepth to 0 to scan all records for custom field detection. Note that enabling custom fields and setting RowScanDepth to 0 or a large value may affect performance.
Accessing List_{ListName} and Segment_{SegmentName} as separate views
By default, the driver surfaces only the system tables and Views. To model each List and Segment as a separate view, similar to the Klaviyo interface, set ListDynamicViews to true.
Authenticating to Klaviyo
You can authenticate to Klaviyo using either an API Key or OAuth PKCE.
API Key
First, generate an API Key, if you have not done so already:
- Log in to your user account.
- Navigate to the Private API Key creation page.
- Click Create Private API Key.
- Under Private API Key Name, assign a name to the key.
- Under Select Access Level, choose the required access level. At minimum, Accounts: Read access is required for a successful Test Connection.
- Click Create to generate the API Key. Copy and save the generated API Key, as it is only shown once.
Next, set the following properties:
- AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
- APIKey: Set this to the value of the Private API Key that you generated.
OAuth PKCE
Set AuthScheme to OAuthPKCE.
Desktop Applications
To authenticate using OAuth PKCE you must create a custom OAuth application. See Creating a Custom OAuth App for instructions.Get and Refresh the OAuth Access Token
After setting the following properties, you are ready to connect:
- OAuthClientId Set this to the client Id assigned when you registered your app.
- OAuthClientSecret Set this to the client secret assigned when you registered your app. This is optional if a secret was not generated during app registration.
- CallbackURL Set this to the redirect URI defined when you registered your app. For example: http://localhost:3333
When you connect, the driver opens Klaviyo's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.
The driver refreshes the access token automatically when it expires.
Headless Machines
To configure the driver, use OAuth with a user account on a headless machine. You need to authenticate on another device that has an internet browser.
- Choose one of two options:
- Option 1: Obtain the OAuthVerifier and PKCEVerifier values as described in "Obtain and Exchange a Verifier Code" below.
- Option 2: Install the driver on a machine with an internet browser and transfer the OAuth authentication values after you authenticate through the usual browser-based flow.
- Then configure the driver to automatically refresh the access token on the headless machine.
Option 1: Obtain and Exchange Verifier Codes
To obtain a verifier code and PKCE verifier, you must authenticate at the OAuth authorization URL.
Follow the steps below to authenticate from the machine with an internet browser and obtain the OAuthVerifier connection property.
- Choose one of these options:
- If you are using the Embedded OAuth Application, call the GetOAuthAuthorizationURL stored procedure. Open the URL returned by the stored procedure in a browser.
- If you are using a custom OAuth application, set the following properties:
- InitiateOAuth: Set to OFF.
- OAuthClientId: Set to the client Id assigned when you registered your application.
- OAuthClientSecret: Set to the client secret assigned when you registered your application. This is optional if a secret was not generated during app registration.
- Log in and grant permissions to the driver. You are redirected to the redirect URI.
There is a parameter named code appended to the redirect URI. Note the value of this parameter. Later you will set this in the OAuthVerifier connection property.
Next, you need to exchange the OAuth verifier code for OAuth refresh and access tokens.
On the headless machine, set the following connection properties to obtain the OAuth authentication values:
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.
- OAuthVerifier: Set this to the noted verifier code (the value of the code parameter in the redirect URI).
- PKCEVerifier: Set this to the value you noted earlier in Step 1.
- OAuthClientId: (custom applications only) Set this to the client Id in your custom OAuth application settings.
- OAuthClientSecret: (custom applications only) Set this to the client secret in the custom OAuth application settings. This is optional if a secret was not generated during app registration.
- OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to persist the encrypted OAuth authentication values to the specified location.
Test the connection to generate the OAuth settings file, then re-set the following properties to connect:
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.
- OAuthClientId: (custom applications only) Set this to the client Id assigned when you registered your application.
- OAuthClientSecret: (custom applications only) Set this to the client secret assigned when you registered your application. This is optional if a secret was not generated during app registration.
- OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to the location containing the encrypted OAuth authentication values. Make sure this location gives read and write permissions to the driver to enable the automatic refreshing of the access token.
Option 2: Transfer OAuth Settings
Prior to connecting on a headless machine, you need to install and create a connection with the driver on a device that supports an internet browser. Set the connection properties as described in "Desktop Applications" above.
After completing the instructions in "Desktop Applications", the resulting authentication values are encrypted and written to the location specified by OAuthSettingsLocation. The default filename is OAuthSettings.txt.
Test the connection to generate the OAuth settings file, then copy the OAuth settings file to your headless machine.
On the headless machine, set the following connection properties to connect to data:
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.
- OAuthClientId: (custom applications only) Set this to the client Id assigned when you registered your application.
- OAuthClientSecret: (custom applications only) Set this to the client secret assigned when you registered your application. This is optional if a secret was not generated during app registration.
- OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to the location of the OAuth settings file you copied from the machine with the browser. Make sure this location gives read and write permissions to the driver to enable the automatic refreshing of the access token.
Refreshing OAuth Values
The driver can refresh the temporary OAuth access tokens obtained during the browser-based OAuth authentication exchange. By default, the driver saves the encrypted tokens in the odbc.ini file corresponding to the DSN. Access to this odbc.ini file can be restricted in the case of System DSNs.
To enable the automatic token exchange, you can give the driver write access to the system odbc.ini. Or, you can set the OAuthSettingsLocation connection property to an alternate file path, to which the driver would have read and write access.
OAuthSettingsLocation=/tmp/oauthsettings.txt
Installing Dependencies for OAuth Authentication
The OAuth authentication standard requires the authenticating user to interact with Klaviyo, using a web-browser. If the first OAuth interaction is to be done on the same machine the driver is installed on, for example, a desktop application, the driver needs access to the xdg-open program, which opens the default browser.
To satisfy this dependency, install the corresponding package with your package manager:
| Debian/Ubuntu Package | RHEL/Fedora Package | File |
| xdg-utils | xdg-utils | xdg-open |
Set the Driver Encoding
The ODBC drivers need to specify which encoding to use with the ODBC Driver Manager. By default, the CData ODBC Drivers for Unix are configured to use UTF-16 which is compatible with unixODBC, but other Driver Managers may require alternative encoding.
Alternatively, if you are using the ODBC driver from an application that uses the ANSI ODBC API it may be necessary to set the ANSI code page. For example, to import Japanese characters in an ANSI application, you can specify the code page in the config file '/opt/cdata/cdata-odbc-driver-for-klaviyo/lib/cdata.odbc.klaviyo.ini':
[Driver]
AnsiCodePage = 932