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Generate PowerPoint slides from your Db2 data with Python

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Jan 10, 2023 | dashdb, DB2, fun, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, Python

Generated PowerPoint slide with Db2 dataHow did you spend the holidays? I had some days off and then used the last day of vacation for some fun programming. Last year, I wanted to test the python-pptx package, but couldn't find time. So I used my "fun day" to generate...

New IBM Cloud security features you should know

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Sep 6, 2022 | administration, data in action, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, json, Python, security

Custom role for operating Code EngineCybersecurity is always in a state of change. There are new security features and new attack methods - or was it the other way? Over the past months, several new security features were added to IBM Cloud. In this blog post, I want...

Create a REST API with OpenAPI spec for your database objects

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Jun 2, 2022 | applications, cloud, DB2, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, Kubernetes, mysql, Oracle, Python

Swagger UI for my events APIRecently, I wanted to create REST API for data managed in a Db2 on Cloud database. It was needed for a chatbot project using Watson Assistant. After looking into my options, I settled on APIFlask. In this blog, I am going to share my...

Containerize your Db2 Python app

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | May 16, 2022 | administration, cloud, DB2, developer, Docker, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, Kubernetes, Python

De-containerizing my stuffBy following my blog posts (here or at the IBM Cloud site)  or my code samples, you might know that many of my apps are coded in Python. Moreover, many projects involve IBM Db2 (see "How to connect from Python to Db2"). With Docker and other...

On serverless data scraping, cloud object storage, MinIO and rclone

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Nov 18, 2021 | administration, big data, data in action, fun, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, notebook, Python, tools

Building a data lake the serverless wayThis fall, I started another side project. It involves mobility data and its analysis and visualization. As first step and still ongoing, I am building up a data lake (and maybe integrating it into a data fabric). For that, I...

Db2 on Cloud credentials and how to connect from your app

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Oct 11, 2021 | administration, dashdb, DB2, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, migration, nodejs, Python

Over the past 12 months, Db2 on Cloud migrated instances to a new deployment model. It seems to be based on the IBM Cloud Databases model and resulted in a different structure for the service credentials. Previously, Db2 on Cloud instances were accessible on the...
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