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Analyze Coinbase Data in Infragistics Reveal
Use the CData API Server to create an OData API on top of Coinbase data and visualize live Coinbase data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData API Server and Coinbase ADO.NET Provider to build dynamic dashboards from live Coinbase data. The CData API Server generates an OData API for Coinbase, which is natively consumable in Reveal. In this article, we walk through connecting to Coinbase in API Server and connecting to the API Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Connect to Coinbase from API Server
CData API Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open API Server and click Settings -> Connection -> Add Connection
- Select "Coinbase"
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Coinbase.
Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Coinbase Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Coinbase.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Coinbase (see below).
Coinbase API Profile Settings
Coinbase uses OAuth-based authentication.
First you need to register an OAuth app with Coinbase. This is done from your account under 'Settings' > 'API Access' > 'New OAuth2 Application'.
After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:
- AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
- InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
- OAuthClientId: Set this to the ClientID that is specified in you app settings.
- OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the ClientSecret that is specified in you app settings.
- CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URI you specified in your app settings.
Add Coinbase Resource Definitions in API Server
After connecting to Coinbase, create Resources, which represent API endpoints for Coinbase data.
- Click Settings -> Resources -> Add Resource
- Select the Coinbase connection
- Select the table you wish to retrieve and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
Add an API Server User
Create a User to connect to Coinbase from Reveal through API Server.
- Click Settings -> Users
- Click Add
- Configure a User with access to the Coinbase Connection and Resource(s)
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in Settings -> Server.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With the API Server configured, we can visualize Coinbase data in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the API Server API endpoint URL, for example: https://serverurl/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the API Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live Coinbase data. For more information on creating OData feeds from Coinbase (and more than 150 other sources), visit the API Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live Coinbase data in tools that consume OData APIs.
