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AustinK
Qrew Commander
If you follow the instructions listed in the link of the post you replied to you should be able to get to the point where you extract information from Quickbase. In the link it is the first 2 things listed. "Create the client" first and then you can do one of the things below that, DoQuery sounds like what you want. So set up your Python file as the link shows.
Is there any specific part that you need help with? Some part you have attempted but not been able to get to work? Maybe post the code you have tried that failed and someone can help you fix it.
When you say you would like the code to extract the data and save it in the same place as the csv do you mean save to the same place your browser would save a csv if you clicked "Save as csv" on a report? Like your downloads folder? I assume you want the data to also be the same exact csv format as you would get from QuickBase? You may need to create the csv in code then, depending on what is returned via Python. I would assume you will get XML returned though.
The post below mine by David Choi is a great example of how to connect to QuickBase without using a library like the one above. So you are not limited to what the library can do, you can make whatever API call you need. It is more involved though and probably more difficult at times.
import pyqb # def Client(url="http://www.quickbase.com", database=None, proxy=None, user_token=None): qbc = pyqb.Client(url='http://my_domain.quickbase.com') # Below authenticate is not required if `user_token` argument is passed to pyqb.Client() above qbc.authenticate(username='myusername', password='mypassword')If you need more context on what the "6".EX."myval" and other parts mean then the QuickBase api help docs should get you there. You can choose to grab a saved report or do your own query. https://help.quickbase.com/api-guide/do_query.html
# doquery(query=None, qid=None, qname=None, database=None, fields=None, fmt=False, rids=False, sort_fields=None, options=False): qbc.doquery(qid=64) qbc.doquery(query='{"6".EX."myval"}', database='asdfasdf') qbc.doquery(qid=64, fields=["3", "4"], fmt=True, rids=False)
Is there any specific part that you need help with? Some part you have attempted but not been able to get to work? Maybe post the code you have tried that failed and someone can help you fix it.
When you say you would like the code to extract the data and save it in the same place as the csv do you mean save to the same place your browser would save a csv if you clicked "Save as csv" on a report? Like your downloads folder? I assume you want the data to also be the same exact csv format as you would get from QuickBase? You may need to create the csv in code then, depending on what is returned via Python. I would assume you will get XML returned though.
The post below mine by David Choi is a great example of how to connect to QuickBase without using a library like the one above. So you are not limited to what the library can do, you can make whatever API call you need. It is more involved though and probably more difficult at times.
PushpakumarGnan
5 years agoQrew Member
Hi Austin,
I tried executing the commands you gave me and i get the following error. Is that something you can help me?
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Pushpakumar Gnana
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I tried executing the commands you gave me and i get the following error. Is that something you can help me?
>>> qbc.doquery(qid=1);
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyqb/__init__.py", line 150, in doquery
res = self.__request('DoQuery', database, req)
File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyqb/__init__.py", line 95, in __request
url = self.url + "/db/" + db
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str
>>>
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Pushpakumar Gnana
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- PushpakumarGnan5 years agoQrew Memberi am trying to retrieve a report from the app. it is a list all report from the test table
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Pushpakumar Gnana
------------------------------- AustinK5 years agoQrew CommanderThe error is saying one of your variables is a NoneType. So one of them is not being populated as you expect it to be.
You have no other issues with the code? Do you know if you are able to authenticate fine?
I think I may have made a slight mistake and you may need to do this command instead, as there is no database being set. Assuming you used my exact code above without any changes. The "database" part just needs to be your table ID.
qbc.doquery(qid=1, database='your_database')- PushpakumarGna15 years agoQrew Assistant CaptainHi Austin,
Thanks a lot for the note. Let me try with table id and get back to you if i face any issues?
Thanks
Pushpakumar
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Pushpakumar Gnanadurai
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