AppDirect is an API Key based integration and does not require the setup of an app.

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Required Credentials of a Linked Account

To successfully connect with the AppDirect integration, a Linked Account or an end-user will need to provide the following to connect:

  1. Domain URL
  2. Client ID
  3. Client Secret

To understand how a Linked Account can get the above mentioned credentials, refer below.

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Getting Credentials of AppDirect

To acquire the required credentials and connect a Linked Account, please follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. Log in to your AppDirect account. Copy the Base URL of your account which will be in format https://marketplace.example.com. This is Domain URL.
  2. Click on the Gear icon in the top menu and click on All Settings option.
  1. Navigate to API Clients under Navigation in the side menu and click on + Create API Client.
  2. Provide a Name, choose Client Type as Non-interactive application, select System-level scopes as Read only or Read Write depending on your use case and click on `Save Settings.
  3. Copy the Secret displayed and the Client ID will be the Consumer Key of the API Client that you created.

Copy the Secret as it won’t be visible again.

The Linked Account or end-user now have all the credentials required to connect with AppDirect.

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Actions and triggers

In Cobalt, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using AppDirect actions and triggers. Following are the set of AppDirect actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.