Lowdefy

Amazon Redshift

The Knex connection can be used to connect to a Amazon Redshift database.

Connections

Connection types:

  • Knex

Knex

Properties

  • client: enum: Required - Should be redshift to connect to Amazon Redshift.
  • connection: object | string: Required - Connection string or object to pass to the pg database client.
  • useNullAsDefault: boolean: If true, undefined keys are replaced with NULL instead of DEFAULT.

Examples

Connection object:
connections:
  - id: redshift
    type: Knex
    properties:
      client: redshift
      connection:
        host:
          _secret: REDSHIFT_HOST
        database:
          _secret: REDSHIFT_DB
        user:
          _secret: REDSHIFT_USER
        password:
          _secret: REDSHIFT_PASSWORD

Environment variables:

LOWDEFY_SECRET_REDSHIFT_HOST = examplecluster.XXXXXXXXXXXX.us-west-2.redshift.amazonaws.com
LOWDEFY_SECRET_REDSHIFT_REDSHIFT_DB = db
LOWDEFY_SECRET_REDSHIFT_USER = user
LOWDEFY_SECRET_REDSHIFT_PASSWORD = password

Requests

Request types:

  • KnexBuilder
  • KnexRaw

KnexBuilder

Properties

  • query: object[]: Required - SQL query builder array. An array of objects, with a single key which is the name of the knex builder function. The value should be an array of arguments to pass to the builder function.
  • tableName: string | object: The name of the table to query from.

Examples

Build a query:
id: knexBuilder
type: KnexBuilder
connectionId: knex
payload:
  name:
    _state: name
properties:
  query:
    - select:
        - '*'
    - from:
        - users
    - where:
        - name
        - _payload: name
Using tableName:
id: knexBuilder
type: KnexBuilder
connectionId: knex
payload:
  name:
    _state: name
properties:
  tableName: users
  query:
    - select:
        - '*'
    - where:
        - name
        - _payload: name
Aliases:
id: knexBuilder
type: KnexBuilder
connectionId: knex
properties:
  tableName:
    a: tableA
    b: tableB
  query:
    - select:
        - aField: 'a.field'
        - bField: 'b.field'
    - limit:
        - 1

KnexRaw

Properties

  • query: string: Required - SQL query string.
  • parameters: string | number | array | object: SQL query parameters.

Examples

Simple raw query:
id: knexRaw
type: KnexRaw
connectionId: knex
properties:
  query: SELECT * FROM "my_table";
Query with named parameters:
id: knexRaw
type: KnexRaw
connectionId: knex
payload:
  selected_name:
    _state: selected_name
properties:
  query: select * from users where name = :name
  parameters:
    name:
      _payload: selected_name
Query with positional parameters:
id: knexRaw
type: KnexRaw
connectionId: knex
payload:
  selected_name:
    _state: selected_name
properties:
  query: select * from users where name = ?
  parameters:
    - _payload: selected_name
Reference a .sql file:
id: knexRaw
type: KnexRaw
connectionId: knex
properties:
  query:
    _ref: my_query.sql