Databox
Connect your data from any tool and track it from any device. No more logging into dozens of different tools to understand performance — now you and your team can easily connect your data, build and share reports, monitor trends, and discover insights.
Integrate the Databox API with the Snowflake API
Setup the Databox API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Snowflake API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Databox and Snowflake remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Databox and Snowflake Triggers#
Overview of Databox#
The Databox API enables you to create custom dashboards, integrating various data sources to track performance metrics in real-time. With Pipedream, you can leverage this API to automate the flow of data between Databox and other applications, creating bespoke monitoring solutions and data-driven workflows that save time and enhance insights.
Connect Databox#
import Databox from 'databox'
export default defineComponent({
props: {
databox: {
type: "app",
app: "databox",
},
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const client = new Databox({
push_token: `${this.databox.$auth.token}`
})
return await new Promise((resolve) => client.metrics((metrics) => resolve(metrics)))
}
})Overview of Snowflake#
Snowflake offers a cloud database and related tools to help developers create robust, secure, and scalable data warehouses. See Snowflake's Key Concepts & Architecture.
Getting Started
1. Create a user, role and warehouse in Snowflake
Snowflake recommends you create a new user, role, and warehouse when you integrate a third-party tool like Pipedream. This way, you can control permissions via the user / role, and separate Pipedream compute and costs with the warehouse. You can do this directly in the Snowflake UI.
We recommend you create a read-only account if you only need to query Snowflake. If you need to insert data into Snowflake, add permissions on the appropriate objects after you create your user.
2. Enter those details in Pipedream
Visit https://pipedream.com/accounts. Click the button to Connect an App. Enter the required Snowflake account data.
You'll only need to connect your account once in Pipedream. You can connect this account to multiple workflows to run queries against Snowflake, insert data, and more.
3. Build your first workflow
Visit https://pipedream.com/new to build your first workflow. Pipedream workflows let you connect Snowflake with 1,000+ other apps. You can trigger workflows on Snowflake queries, sending results to Slack, Google Sheets, or any app that exposes an API. Or you can accept data from another app, transform it with Python, Node.js, Go or Bash code, and insert it into Snowflake.
Learn more at Pipedream University.
Connect Snowflake#
import { promisify } from 'util'
import snowflake from 'snowflake-sdk'
export default defineComponent({
props: {
snowflake: {
type: "app",
app: "snowflake",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const connection = snowflake.createConnection({
...this.snowflake.$auth,
application: "PIPEDREAM_PIPEDREAM",
})
const connectAsync = promisify(connection.connect)
await connectAsync()
async function connExecuteAsync(options) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
connection.execute({
...options,
complete: function(err, stmt, rows) {
if (err) {
reject(err)
} else {
resolve({stmt, rows})
}
}
})
})
}
// See https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/nodejs-driver-use.html#executing-statements
const { rows } = await connExecuteAsync({
sqlText: `SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()`,
})
return rows
},
})