Stripe Connector for Alteryx : Update a product via SQL

Learn how to update a product using the Stripe Connector for Alteryx. This connector enables you to read and write Stripe data effortlessly. Manage customers, products, subscriptions, and invoices — almost no coding required. We'll walk you through the exact setup.

Let's dive in!

Stripe ODBC Driver Powering this integration

High performance
Bidirectional
Low-code / No-code
Easy to use

Built on the ZappySys API Driver, the Stripe ODBC Driver is a high-performance, low-code / no-code solution. It enables you to connect to Stripe data without any coding right in your SQL Server, or any ODBC/JDBC application. Part of the ODBC PowerPack.

Documentation

Create data source using Stripe ODBC Driver

Download and install ODBC PowerPack (if you haven't already).
Search for odbc and open the ODBC Data Sources (64-bit):
Create a User data source (User DSN) based on the ZappySys API Driver driver:

ZappySys API Driver
- Create and use a User DSN if the client application runs under a User Account. This is the ideal option at design time (e.g., when developing in Visual Studio). Use it for both types of applications (64-bit and 32-bit).
- Create and use a System DSN if the client application runs under a System Account (e.g., as a Windows Service). This is usually the required option in a production environment. If your Windows Service is a 32-bit application, you must use the 32-bit ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure this
When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "Stripe" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "Stripe" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

StripeDSN

Stripe

Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

Stripe

Stripe authentication

Login into your Stripe account
Go to https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
Then create a Secret key.
In the parameter 'Token' fill in newly created key.

API Connection Manager configuration

Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

Set Authentication Type to Stripe [Http]
Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
Finally, hit OK button:

StripeDSN

Stripe

Stripe [Http]

https://api.stripe.com/v1

Required Parameters
Token	Fill-in the parameter...
Optional Parameters
RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
RetryStatusCodeList	429
RetryCountMax	5
RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True

Then go to Preview tab to start building a SQL query.
Once you do that, proceed by opening Query Builder:

ZappySys API Driver - Stripe

Read and write Stripe data effortlessly. Manage customers, products, subscriptions, and invoices — almost no coding required.

StripeDSN
Then simply select the Update a Product endpoint (action).
Continue by configuring the Required parameters. You can also set optional parameters too.
Move on by hitting Preview Data button to preview the results.

If you see the results you need, simply copy the generated query:

Update a Product

Required Parameters
Product Id	Select the value from the dropdown
Name	Select the value from the dropdown
Type (Good or Service)	Select the value from the dropdown
Optional Parameters
Active
Description
Caption (Can be set if Type = good)
Package Dimensions - Height (inch) (Can be set if Type = good)
Package Dimensions - Length (inch) (Can be set if Type = good)
Package Dimensions - Weight (inch) (Can be set if Type = good)
Package Dimensions - Width (inch) (Can be set if Type = good)
Shippable (Can be set if Type = good)
Statement Description (Can be set if Type = service)
Unit Label (Can be set if Type = service)
Product URL (Can be set if Type = good)
Image1
Image2
Image3
Image4
Image5
Image6
Image7
Image8
Advanced Properties
Next Link/Cursor Expression	$.data[-1:].id
Stop Indicator Value	false
Stop Indicator Attribute	$.has_more
Suffix for Next URL	starting_after=<%nextlink%>

UPDATE Products
SET [name] = 'new name'
WHERE Id = 'abc'

Click OK to use built SQL query and close the Query Builder.
Now hit Preview Data button to preview the data using the generated SQL query. If you are satisfied with the result, use this query in Alteryx:
ZappySys API Driver - Stripe

Read and write Stripe data effortlessly. Manage customers, products, subscriptions, and invoices — almost no coding required.

StripeDSN
```
UPDATE Products
SET [name] = 'new name'
WHERE Id = 'abc'
```
You can also access data quickly from the tables dropdown by selecting <Select table>.

A WHERE clause, LIMIT keyword will be performed on the client side, meaning that the whole result set will be retrieved from the Stripe API first, and only then the filtering will be applied to the data. If possible, it is recommended to use parameters in Query Builder to filter the data on the server side (in Stripe servers).

Let's not stop here and explore SQL query examples, including how to use them in Stored Procedures and Views (virtual tables) in the next steps.

Stripe SQL query examples

Use these SQL queries in your Alteryx data source:

Update a product name

Updates the name of a product in the Products table. This example shows a simple update operation targeting a single column for a specific product identified by its Id.

UPDATE Products
SET [name] = 'new name'
WHERE Id = 'abc'

Update a product

Updates an existing product record in the Products table. This example demonstrates updating multiple fields, including images and dimensions. Note that supplying image fields will reset any previously existing images for the product.

UPDATE Products
SET   [Name]='SSIS PowerPack 3 - Updated'
	, [Caption]='Caption-updated'
	, [Description]='Desc-updated'
	--, [UnitLabel] --only when product type=service
	, [Active]='true'
	, [PackageDimensionsHeight]=12
	, [PackageDimensionsWidth]=13
	, [PackageDimensionsLength]=14
	, [PackageDimensionsWeight]=1122
	, [URL]='https://zappysys.com/products/ssis-powerpack/?updated=1'
	, [Image1]='https://zappysys.com/images/tech/web-api-logo.png?updated=1'
	, [Image2]='https://zappysys.com/images/tech/xml-logo.png?updated=1'
	WHERE Id='prod_MiSJzGZ8PDM9uh'

update_product endpoint belongs to Products table(s), and can therefore be used via those table(s).

Create SQL view in ODBC data source

ZappySys API Drivers support flexible Query language so you can override Default Properties you configured on Data Source such as URL, Body. This way you don't have to create multiple Data Sources if you like to read data from multiple EndPoints. However not every application support supplying custom SQL to driver so you can only select Table from list returned from driver.

If you're dealing with Microsoft Access and need to import data from an SQL query, it's important to note that Access doesn't allow direct import of SQL queries. Instead, you can create custom objects (Virtual Tables) to handle the import process.

Many applications like MS Access, Informatica Designer wont give you option to specify custom SQL when you import Objects. In such case Virtual Table is very useful. You can create many Virtual Tables on the same Data Source (e.g. If you have 50 URLs with slight variations you can create virtual tables with just URL as Parameter setting.

Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Table:
Enter the desired Table name and click on OK:
And it will open the New Query Window Click on Cancel to close that window and go to Custom Objects Tab.
Select the created table, Select Text Type AS SQL and write the your desired SQL Query and Save it and it will create the custom table in the ZappySys Driver:
Here is an example SQL query for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders also. Read more about placeholders here
```
SELECT
  "ShipCountry",
  "OrderID",
  "CustomerID",
  "EmployeeID",
  "OrderDate",
  "RequiredDate",
  "ShippedDate",
  "ShipVia",
  "Freight",
  "ShipName",
  "ShipAddress",
  "ShipCity",
  "ShipRegion",
  "ShipPostalCode"
FROM "Orders"
Where "ShipCountry"='USA'
```
That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your custom virtual table query. In this example it will extract the orders for the USA Shipping Country only:
```
SELECT * FROM "vt__usa_orders_only"
```

Update a product in Alteryx via SQL view

Open Alteryx Designer.
First, verify your DCM Settings to ensure you can access ODBC drivers. Go to Options > User Settings > Edit User Settings.

If DCM Mode is set to DCM Only, change it to DCM Optional if you would like to access the legacy Generic ODBC Connection.

After changing this setting, you may need to click Save and restart the connection window for the "Generic ODBC" icon to appear.
Drag an Input Data tool onto your Alteryx canvas.
In the Configuration pane, click Set Up a Connection.
Note for DCM Users: If your environment has DCM (Data Connection Manager) enabled, the classic "Generic ODBC" icon may be hidden. To find it, select Data sources on the left and type "ODBC" in the search bar.
Once the ODBC window opens, click Connect Asset and select your StripeDSN DSN from the list.

Ensure you have configured a 64-bit System DSN in the Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator before this step.
After selecting your DSN, configure your SQL Query in the Input Data tool configuration:
To save your data, drag an Output Data tool and connect it to the Input Data tool.
Configure the Output Data tool to write to a CSV file:
Press Run (Ctrl+R) to execute the workflow. Verify the results in the Results Window at the bottom.

Advanced topics

Creating SQL stored procedures

You can create procedures to encapsulate custom logic and then only pass handful parameters rather than long SQL to execute your API call.

Steps to create Custom Stored Procedure in ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here

Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Procedure:
Enter the desired Procedure name and click on OK:
Select the created Stored Procedure and write the your desired stored procedure and Save it and it will create the custom stored procedure in the ZappySys Driver. Here is an example stored procedure for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here
```
CREATE PROCEDURE [usp_get_orders]
    @fromdate = '<<yyyy-MM-dd,FUN_TODAY>>'
 AS
    SELECT * FROM Orders where OrderDate >= '<@fromdate>';
```
That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your Stored Procedure using Exec Command. In this example it will extract the orders from the date 1996-01-01:
```
Exec usp_get_orders '1996-01-01';
```

Conclusion

And there you have it — a complete guide on how to update a product in Alteryx without writing complex code. All of this was powered by Stripe ODBC Driver, which handled the REST API pagination and authentication for us automatically.

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