Quickbase
Quickbase is the platform that businesses use to quickly turn ideas about better ways to work into apps that make them more efficient, informed and productive.
Integrate the Quickbase API with the Snowflake API
Setup the Quickbase API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Snowflake API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Quickbase and Snowflake remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Quickbase and Snowflake Triggers#
Popular Quickbase and Snowflake Actions#
Creates a new record in a Quick Base table. See the documentation
Updates an existing record in a Quick Base table. See the documentation
Overview of Quickbase#
Quickbase is a low-code platform for building operational applications and automations that can manage data, workflows, and reporting. Using Pipedream's serverless platform, you can tap into the robust Quickbase API to weave complex workflows that respond to events, synchronize data across multiple systems, and streamline business processes. With Pipedream, you can trigger on events in Quickbase, or from hundreds of other apps, and write Node.js code to integrate with the Quickbase API directly, enabling a broad range of automation possibilities.
Connect Quickbase#
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
quickbase: {
type: "app",
app: "quickbase",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://api.quickbase.com/v1/apps/brztjz2nz`,
headers: {
"QB-Realm-Hostname": `${this.quickbase.$auth.hostname}`,
"User-Agent": `@PipedreamHQ/pipedream v0.1`,
"Authorization": `QB-USER-TOKEN ${this.quickbase.$auth.user_token}`,
"Content-Type": `application/json`,
},
})
},
})
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
},
})