Passing the connection URL
- Last Updated: March 29, 2023
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- DataDirect Connectors
- JDBC
- Microsoft Sharepoint 6.0
- Documentation
After setting the CLASSPATH, the required connection information needs to be passed in the form of a connection URL. The following example includes the properties required for connecting with OAuth 2.0 refresh token grant authentication.
Connection URL Syntax
The connection URL takes the following form:
jdbc:datadirect:sharepoint:ServiceURL=serviceurl;ClientID=client_id;
ClientSecret=client_secret;TokenURI=token_uri;RefreshToken=refresh_token;
[property=value[;...]];
where:
- serviceurl
- specifies the URL of a SharePoint site (or "site collection"), for example, https://mycorp.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing/global. The URL must include the base URL (https://mycorp.sharepoint.com/), as well as the path to the site (marketing/global). The driver uses the base URL to infer an OData endpoint, and the site path is used to locate the site that will be accessed.
- client_id
- specifies the client ID key for your application.
- client_secret
- specifies the client secret for your application.
Important: The client secret is a confidential value used to authenticate the application to the server. To prevent unauthorized access, this value must be securely maintained.
- token_uri
- specifies the endpoint used to exchange authentication credentials for access tokens.
- refresh_token
- specifies the refresh token used to either request a new
access token or renew an expired access token.
Important: The refresh token is a confidential value used to authenticate to the server. To prevent unauthorized access, this value must be securely maintained.
- property=value
- specifies connection property settings. Multiple properties are separated by a semi-colon.
The following example connection string includes the properties required for connecting with the OAuth 2.0 refresh token grant.
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:datadirect:sharepoint:
ServiceURL=https://mycorp.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing/global;
ClientID=29453d6f-6789-25gh-gd8g-44tk3c527831;
ClientSecret=12a3=bCD/EfGh4Ijk+Lm5P67qR8s=//TuV+WXy1Zabcd;
TokenURI=https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token;
RefreshToken=12a3=bCD/EfGh4Ijk+Lgd8g-44tk3c527831;");