How to load data from Zoom to BigQuery

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Learn how to use Airbyte to synchronize your Zoom data into BigQuery within minutes.

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Set up a Zoom connector in Airbyte

Connect to Zoom or one of 400+ pre-built or 10,000+ custom connectors through simple account authentication.

Set up BigQuery for your extracted Zoom data

Select BigQuery where you want to import data from your Zoom source to. You can also choose other cloud data warehouses, databases, data lakes, vector databases, or any other supported Airbyte destinations.

Configure the Zoom to BigQuery in Airbyte

This includes selecting the data you want to extract - streams and columns -, the sync frequency, where in the destination you want that data to be loaded.

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How to Sync Zoom to BigQuery Manually

To extract data from Zoom, you'll need to use the Zoom API. First, sign up or log in to the Zoom Developer Portal and create a new app. Choose the API Key/Secret option. After creating the app, note down the API Key and Secret. Use these credentials to authenticate and access the data you need, such as meeting details, participants, etc., through various available endpoints like "Get Meeting Details" or "List Meeting Participants".

Since you'll be accessing potentially sensitive data, it's crucial to set up OAuth for secure authentication. In your Zoom app, enable OAuth and configure the necessary redirect URLs. Obtain an OAuth token by making a request to Zoom's OAuth endpoint. This token will be used to authenticate your API requests to ensure data extraction is secure.

Write Python scripts to call the Zoom API endpoints using libraries like `requests` to handle HTTP requests. Use the OAuth token to authenticate these requests. Parse the JSON responses to extract the relevant data fields you need for your analysis or reporting purposes.

Once you have extracted the data using your Python script, transform it into a CSV format. Use Python libraries like `pandas` to convert JSON data into a structured CSV file. This step is crucial because BigQuery can easily ingest CSV files. Ensure your CSV file is well-structured, with appropriate column headers and data types.

Before loading your CSV data into BigQuery, upload it to Google Cloud Storage (GCS). First, create a new bucket in GCS via the Google Cloud Console. Choose a unique bucket name and set the appropriate permissions to allow access for your BigQuery service account.

Use the `gsutil` command-line tool or the Google Cloud Console to upload your CSV file to the bucket you created. Verify that the file is successfully uploaded and accessible. You can use the command `gsutil cp yourfile.csv gs://your-bucket-name/` to perform this task.

Finally, load the CSV data from Google Cloud Storage into BigQuery. Use the BigQuery Console or the `bq` command-line tool to create a new dataset and a table to hold your data. Run a load job specifying the source URI (`gs://your-bucket-name/yourfile.csv`), the dataset, and the table name. Ensure you define the schema correctly to match the structure of your CSV file. Once loaded, you can query and analyze your data within BigQuery.

By following these steps, you can transfer data from Zoom to BigQuery effectively without relying on third-party connectors or integrations.

How to Sync Zoom to BigQuery Manually - Method 2:

FAQs

ETL, an acronym for Extract, Transform, Load, is a vital data integration process. It involves extracting data from diverse sources, transforming it into a usable format, and loading it into a database, data warehouse or data lake. This process enables meaningful data analysis, enhancing business intelligence.

Zoom offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. It has an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing,simple online meetings, and group messaging into one easy-to-use platform. The company's mission is to create a people-centric cloud service that transforms the real-time collaboration experience and improves the quality and effectiveness of communications.

Zoom's API provides access to a wide range of data related to Zoom meetings, webinars, users, and accounts. The following are the categories of data that can be accessed through Zoom's API:  

1. Meetings: Information related to Zoom meetings, such as meeting ID, topic, start and end time, duration, participants, and recording.  
2. Webinars: Data related to Zoom webinars, including webinar ID, topic, start and end time, duration, attendees, and recording.  
3. Users: Information about Zoom users, such as user ID, name, email address, and account type.  
4. Accounts: Data related to Zoom accounts, including account ID, name, email address, and billing information.  
5. Reports: Various reports related to Zoom meetings and webinars, such as attendance reports, participant reports, and usage reports.  
6. Recordings: Information related to Zoom meeting and webinar recordings, including recording ID, name, duration, and download links.  
7. Settings: Data related to Zoom account and meeting settings, such as default meeting settings, user settings, and account settings.  

Overall, Zoom's API provides a comprehensive set of data that can be used to analyze and optimize Zoom meetings and webinars, as well as manage Zoom accounts and users.

This can be done by building a data pipeline manually, usually a Python script (you can leverage a tool as Apache Airflow for this). This process can take more than a full week of development. Or it can be done in minutes on Airbyte in three easy steps: 
1. Set up Zoom to BigQuery as a source connector (using Auth, or usually an API key)
2. Choose a destination (more than 50 available destination databases, data warehouses or lakes) to sync data too and set it up as a destination connector
3. Define which data you want to transfer from Zoom to BigQuery and how frequently
You can choose to self-host the pipeline using Airbyte Open Source or have it managed for you with Airbyte Cloud. 

ELT, standing for Extract, Load, Transform, is a modern take on the traditional ETL data integration process. In ELT, data is first extracted from various sources, loaded directly into a data warehouse, and then transformed. This approach enhances data processing speed, analytical flexibility and autonomy.

ETL and ELT are critical data integration strategies with key differences. ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) transforms data before loading, ideal for structured data. In contrast, ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) loads data before transformation, perfect for processing large, diverse data sets in modern data warehouses. ELT is becoming the new standard as it offers a lot more flexibility and autonomy to data analysts.

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