Google Forms

Building the JDBC URL

After installing the license, access the connection management page by executing the command "java -jar kingswaysoft.jdbc.jar". Enter the necessary details, and the program will automatically generate the JDBC connection URL. Users can click Test Connection to test the generated URL and Copy to Clipboard to copy the connection string for use within the application where the JDBC driver is being used.

Note: If a license is not installed, you can still use the connection manager to generate a JDBC URL, but the 'Test Connection' feature will be disabled.

General Page

The General page allows you to specify connection properties and login credentials for Google Forms REST service:

connectionmanage

General Settings
API Throttling Rate

The API Throttling Rate will limit the number of requests that can be sent per minute. Set this value to 0 to disable API Throttling.

Authentication
Authentication Mode

The Authentication Mode option allows you to choose the method used to authenticate with the Google Forms API. Available options are:

  • OAuth Authorization Code
  • Service Account

Authentication Methods for Google Forms

OAuth Authorization Code

A saved token file and token password can be used to establish a connection. If you wish to generate a new token file, click Generate Token File to go through the token generation process, save the token file locally, and use the set token password to connect.

Authentication
Path To Token File

The path to the token file on the file system.

Token File Password

The password to the token file.

Generate Token File

This button completes the OAuth authentication process in order to generate a new token.

  • Client Id: The Client Id option allows you to specify the unique ID which identifies the application making the request.
  • Client Secret: The Client Secret option allows you to specify the client secret belonging to your app.
  • Redirect Url: The Redirect Url option allows you to specify the Redirect Url to complete the authentication process.
  • Scope: The Scope option allows you to specify the scope of the token file being generated.
  • PKCE (Enhanced Security): The PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) option may be enabled for PKCE App Type. Ensures that the client that initiates the OAuth flow is the same client that completes flow.
Service Account

A Google JSON token file can be used to establish a connection.

Authentication
JSON Key File Path

The JSON Key File Path allows you to set the path of the JSON file that contains authentication credentials.

Service Account

Read only field. Displays the Service Account that is being used as per the JSON Key File that was imported.

Test Connection

After all the connection information has been provided, click the "Test Connection" button to test if the user credentials entered can successfully connect to the selected service.

Advanced Settings Page

The Advanced Settings page allows you to specify advanced settings for the connection.

connectionmanage

Proxy Server Settings
Proxy Mode

The Proxy Mode option allows you to specify how you want to configure the proxy server setting. There are three options available.

  • No Proxy
  • Auto-detect (Use system configured proxy)
  • Manual
Proxy Server

Using the Proxy Server option allows you to specify the name of the proxy server for the connection.

Port

The Port option allows you to specify the port number of the proxy server for the connection.

Username (Proxy Server Authentication)

The Username option (under Proxy Server Authentication) allows you to specify the proxy user account.

Password (Proxy Server Authentication)

The Password option (under Proxy Server Authentication) allows you to specify the proxy user's password.

Miscellaneous Settings
Timeout (secs)

The Timeout (secs) option allows you to specify a timeout value in seconds for the connection. The default value is 120 seconds. Specify 0 for infinite timeout.

Retry on Intermittent Errors

The retry on intermittent errors determines if requests will be retried when there is an error. If this option is checked requests will be retried up to 3 times.

Ignore Certificate Errors

This option can be used to ignore those SSL certificate errors when connecting to the target server.

Warning: Enabling the "Ignore Certificate Errors" option is generally NOT recommended, particularly for production instances. Unless there is a strong reason to believe the connection is secure - such as the network communication is only happening in an internal infrastructure, this option should be unchecked for best security.

Note: When this option is enabled, it applies to all HTTP-based SSL connections in the same job process.

Using the JDBC Driver

Explore detailed examples in this section that demonstrate the application of JDBC classes such as Connection, Statement, and ResultSet to effectively manage interactions with Google Forms data. This section covers the use of regular statements and prepared statements for executing complex or frequently executed queries.

Executing Statements

Once you've connected from your code (see Connecting with DriverManager and Connecting with DataSource), you can execute SQL statements using the Statement class. Refer to the Executing Prepared Statements section for information on how to execute parameterized statements.

SELECT

Use the Statement class's generic execute method or the executeQuery method to execute SQL statements that return data. To retrieve the results of a query, you would then call the getResultSet method of the Statement.

String sql = "SELECT info.description, info.documentTitle, info.title FROM forms WHERE formId = '1MbazYKFnXCsoBj4ha5-anR3JU2ciW2Ofm0SxyQi4thM'";
try {
	ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sql);
	LOGGER.info(resultSet.toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}

INSERT

Use either the generic execute method or the executeUpdate method of the Statement class to execute an INSERT operation.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. You can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the inserted data's ID, exceptions raised during execution, and details of the affected data.

String sql = "INSERT INTO forms (info.title) VALUES ('test title1')";
try {
	statement.executeUpdate(sql);
	LOGGER.info(statement.getResultSet().toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}
id,errorcode,errormessage,processdata,haserrors
1WCACJ07bbyP42UJXbhk8eTh_naLFB8TFn84D64CHxSw,null,null,{"info":{"title":"test title1"}},false

UPDATE

Use either the generic execute method or the executeUpdate method of the Statement class to execute an UPDATE operation.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. You can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the updated data's ID, exceptions raised during execution, and details of the affected data.

String sql = "UPDATE forms SET info.description = 'descriptionTest' where formId = '1-4HKwch8j7wXoQL2xO4k0p6dkQeO8uTvE0bLxCETlMg'";
try {
	statement.executeUpdate(sql);
	LOGGER.info(statement.getResultSet().toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}
id,errorcode,errormessage,processdata,haserrors
1-4HKwch8j7wXoQL2xO4k0p6dkQeO8uTvE0bLxCETlMg,null,null,{"requests":[{"updateFormInfo":{"info":{"description":"descriptionTest"},"updateMask":"description"}}]},false

DELETE

Use either the generic execute method or the executeUpdate method of the Statement class to execute a DELETE operation.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. You can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the deleted data's ID, exceptions raised during execution, and details of the affected data.

String sql = "DELETE FROM forms_items WHERE formId = '1-4HKwch8j7wXoQL2xO4k0p6dkQeO8uTvE0bLxCETlMg' AND location.index = 0";
try {
	statement.executeUpdate(sql);
	LOGGER.info(statement.getResultSet().toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}
id,errorcode,errormessage,processdata,haserrors
null,null,null,null,false

Executing Prepared Statements

Using a PreparedStatement can improve performance when you need to execute a SQL statement multiple times with different parameters. Unlike a Statement object, a PreparedStatement object is provided with a SQL statement when it is created, which can then be executed with different values each time. This special type of statement is derived from the more general class, Statement.

Below are the steps outlining how to execute a prepared statement:

  1. Create a PreparedStatement: Use the prepareStatement method of the Connection class to instantiate a PreparedStatement. Refer to Connecting with DriverManager or Connecting with DataSource for information related to establishing connections.
  2. Set Parameters: Declare parameters by calling the corresponding setter method of the PreparedStatement. Note: The parameter indices start at 1.
  3. Execute the Statement: Use the generic execute or executeUpdate method of the PreparedStatement.
  4. Retrieve Results: Call the getResultSet method of the Prepared Statement to obtain the query results, which will be returned as a ResultSet.
  5. Iterate Over the Result Set: Use the next method of the ResultSet to iterate through the results. To obtain column information, utilize the ResultSetMetaData class. Instantiate a ResultSetMetaData object by calling the getMetaData method of the ResultSet.

SELECT

Use the Statement class's generic execute method or the executeQuery method to execute SQL statements that return data.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. You can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the retrieved data.

String sqlIn = "SELECT * FROM forms WHERE id = ?";
try {
	PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(sqlIn);
	ps.setString(1, "1-4HKwch8j7wXoQL2xO4k0p6dkQeO8uTvE0bLxCETlMg");

	boolean ret = ps.execute(sqlIn);
	if (ret) {
		ResultSet rs = ps.getResultSet();
		LOGGER.info(rs.toString());
	}
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}

INSERT

Use either the generic execute method or the executeUpdate method of the Statement class to execute an INSERT operation.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. Users can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the ID of inserted data, exceptions raised during execution, and the data affected by the insertion.

String sql = "INSERT INTO catalog (input-context-companyLocationIds, input-status, input-title) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
try {
	Connection connection = buildRestConnectionFromDriverManager();
	PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
	ps.setString(1, "gid://shopify/CompanyLocation/18055281");
	ps.setString(2, "ACTIVE");
    ps.setString(3, "testTitletest1.8");
	ps.executeUpdate();

	LOGGER.info(ps.getResultSet().toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}
id,errorcode,errormessage,processdata,haserrors
gid://shopify/CompanyLocationCatalog/44035801201,null,null,{"var1":{"context":{"companyLocationIds":["gid://shopify/CompanyLocation/18055281"]},"status":"ACTIVE","title":"testTitletest1.8"}},false

UPDATE

Use either the generic execute method or the executeUpdate method of the Statement class to execute an UPDATE operation.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. Users can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the ID of updated data, exceptions raised during execution, and the data affected by the update.

String sql = "Update forms set info.title= 'Test', info.description = ? where formId = ?";
try {
	Connection connection = buildRestConnectionFromDriverManager();
	PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
	ps.setString(1,"testing");
	ps.setString(2,"15rGwXgRZTtR-Vc47iarq7_okKygUYhgpxKVTRZlveIc");
	ps.executeUpdate();
	
	LOGGER.info(ps.getResultSet().toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	LOGGER.severe(e.toString());
}
id,errorcode,errormessage,processdata,haserrors
1cOQ2RjtDaOuGIV9DTkQ1ke49fl7BQ6VeqfYQbonXNf8,null,null,{"requests":[{"updateFormInfo":{"info":{"description":"testing","title":"Test"},"updateMask":"description,title"}}]},false

DELETE

Use either the generic execute method or the executeUpdate method of the Statement class to execute a DELETE operation.

The results of SQL queries are saved in a ResultSet. You can retrieve the ResultSet after execution to view the deleted data's ID, exceptions raised during execution, and details of the affected data.

String deleteSql = "DELETE FROM forms_items WHERE formId = ? and location.index = ?";
try {
	Connection connection = buildRestConnectionFromDriverManager();
	PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(deleteSql);
	ps.setString(1, "1-4HKwch8j7wXoQL2xO4k0p6dkQeO8uTvE0bLxCETlMg");
	ps.setInt(2, 0);
	ps.executeUpdate();
	LOGGER.info(ps.getResultSet().toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
}
id,errorcode,errormessage,processdata,haserrors
,null,null,null,false

Metadata Discovery

This section provides examples on how to retrieve table and column metadata using the getTables, getColumns, and getPrimaryKeys methods from the DatabaseMetaData interface. These are essential for discovering database structures.

Tables

The getTables method from the DatabaseMetaData interface can be used to retrieve a list of tables.

try {
    Connection connection = buildRestConnectionFromDriverManager();
    ResultSet rs = connection.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, null, null);
    LOGGER.info("\r\n" + rs.toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
    LOGGER.severe(e.getMessage());
}
TABLE_CAT,TABLE_SCHEM,TABLE_NAME,TABLE_TYPE,REMARKS
null,null,courses,Table,
null,null,courses_aliases,Table,
null,null,courses_announcements,Table,
null,null,courses_announcements_addOnAttachments,Table,
null,null,courses_courseWork,Table,
null,null,courses_courseWorkMaterials,Table,
null,null,courses_courseWorkMaterials_addOnAttachments,Table,
null,null,courses_courseWork_addOnAttachments,Table,
null,null,courses_courseWork_addOnAttachments_studentSubmissions,Table,
......

The getTables method returns the following metadata columns:

Column Name Data Type Description
TABLE_CAT String The catalog that contains the table.
TABLE_SCHEM String The schema of the table.
TABLE_NAME String The name of the table name.
TABLE_TYPE String The type of the table (e.g., TABLE or VIEW).
REMARKS String An optional description of the table.

Columns

Use the getColumns method of the DatabaseMetaData interface to retrieve detailed information about the columns in the database. To narrow your search to a specific table, specify the table name as a parameter.

try {
    Connection connection = buildRestConnectionFromDriverManager();
    ResultSet rs = connection.getMetaData().getColumns(null, null, "courses", null);
    LOGGER.info(rs.toString());
} catch (SQLException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
TABLE_CAT,TABLE_SCHEM,TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME,DATA_TYPE,TYPE_NAME,COLUMN_SIZE,BUFFER_LENGTH,DECIMAL_DIGITS,NUM_PREC_RADIX,NULLABLE,REMARKS,COLUMN_DEF,SQL_DATA_TYPE,SQL_DATETIME_SUB,CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH,ORDINAL_POSITION,IS_NULLABLE,IS_AUTOINCREMENT,IS_GENERATEDCOLUMN,DTS_TYPE
null,null,courses,alternateLink,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,calendarId,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,courseGroupEmail,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,courseMaterialSets,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,courseState,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,creationTime,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,description,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,descriptionHeading,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR
null,null,courses,enrollmentCode,12,java.lang.String,0,null,0,0,null,null,null,12,null,null,null,null,null,null,DT_WSTR

The getColumns method returns the following columns:

Column Name Data Type Description
TABLE_CAT String The database name.
TABLE_SCHEM String The table schema.
TABLE_NAME String The table name.
COLUMN_NAME String The column name.
DATA_TYPE Integer The data type represented by a constant value from java.sql.Types.
TYPE_NAME String The data type name used by the driver.
COLUMN_SIZE Integer The length in characters of the column or the numeric precision.
BUFFER_LENGTH Integer The buffer length.
DECIMAL_DIGITS Integer The column scale or number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
NUM_PREC_RADIX Integer The radix, or base.
NULLABLE Integer Whether the column can contain null as defined by the following JDBC DatabaseMetaData constants: columnNoNulls (0) or columnNullable (1).
REMARKS String The comment or note associated with the object.
COLUMN_DEF String The default value for the column.
SQL_DATA_TYPE Integer Reserved by the specification.
SQL_DATETIME_SUB Integer Reserved by the specification.
CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH Integer The maximum length of binary and character-based columns.
ORDINAL_POSITION Integer The position of the column in the table, starting at 1.
IS_NULLABLE String Whether a null value is allowed: YES or NO.
IS_AUTOINCREMENT String Whether the column value is assigned by Google Forms in fixed increments.
IS_GENERATEDCOLUMN String Whether the column is generated: YES or NO.
DTS_TYPE String Object DTS attribute type.

Primary Keys

The getPrimaryKeys method in the DatabaseMetaData interface is used to retrieve metadata about primary keys for a given table in Google Forms.

try {
    Connection connection = buildRestConnectionFromDriverManager();
    ResultSet resultSet = connection.getMetaData().getPrimaryKeys(null, null, "forms_items");
    LOGGER.info("\r\n" + resultSet.toString());
    Assertions.assertNotNull(resultSet);
} catch (SQLException e) {
    LOGGER.severe(e.getMessage());
}
TABLE_NAME,PRIMARY_COLUMN_NAME
forms_items,itemId

The getPrimaryKeys method returns the following columns:

Column Name Data Type Description
TABLE_NAME String The name of the table that contains the primary key.
PRIMARY_COLUMN_NAME String The name of the column that serves as the primary key for the table.

Connection Settings

Connection Setting Type Default Value Description
ApiThrottleRate Integer 0 The maximum number of API requests a client can make to the server within a specific time period, defined in requests per second.
AuthenticationMode String "" AuthenticationMode specifies the method used to authenticate when connecting to Google Forms API.
BulkPollingInterval Integer 5 How often the component checks the job status until the job status is COMPLETE.
CacheExpirationTime Integer 30 Defines the expiration time for cache. A value of 0 disables caching.
ConnectionTimeout Integer 30 ConnectionTimeout is the maximum amount of time the program will wait to set up a connection to the Google Forms API.
IgnoreCertificateErrors Boolean false Specifies whether to verify the certificate when connecting to Google Forms. If certificate verification is not required, you can set this value to 'true'.
IgnoreError Boolean false Determines if the program continues executing SQL statements after encountering an error.
KeyFilePath String "" The KeyFilePath specifies the Google API Login JSON file path.
LogFileSize String "10485760" A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file.
LogLevel String "INFO" The logging level for the JDBC driver.
LogPath String "./jdbcLogs" The directory where log files are stored.
OemKey String "" The OEM License key.
PathToTokenFile String "" The TokenPath specifies the file path where the token for connecting to Google Forms is located.
PathToJsonPrivateKeyFile String "" The JsonKeyPath specifies the file path where the JSON key for connecting to Google Forms is located.
ProxyMode String NoProxy This setting configures the proxy. Allowed values are "NoProxy", "AutoDetect" and "Manual".
ProxyPassword String "" The password to be used to authenticate to the proxy.
ProxyServer String "" The host of the proxy server.
ProxyServerPort Integer 0 The port of the proxy server.
ProxyUsername String "" The username to be used to authenticate to the proxy.
ReadBatchSize Integer 100 ReadBatchSize is used to set how many records can be read from Google Forms in a single call.
ResultPath String "" The path where the execution result files are saved.
RetryOnIntermittentErrors Boolean true The RetryOnIntermittentErrors parameter indicates whether to retry the connection when it might occasionally fail due to temporary issues.
SaveResult Boolean false The SaveResult parameter indicates whether to save the execution results to a file.
ServiceAccount String "" The ServiceAccount refers to the account used for accessing Google APIs.
ServiceName String "" The ServiceName refers to the name of the service API selected by the user.
ServiceTimeout Integer 120 The ServiceTimeout is the timeout to receive the full response from Google Forms API.
TokenPassword String "" The password used to read the token file.
TotalThreads Integer 0 The number of threads for executing operations in parallel. A value of 0 will disable multi threading.
WriteBatchSize Integer 200 WriteBatchSize is used to set how many records can be written to Google Forms in a single call.