Connect
Connect with the Linked Account’s AppDirect account.
AppDirect is an API Key based integration and does not require the setup of an app.
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:
- Domain URL
- Client ID
- Client Secret
To understand how a Linked Account can get the above mentioned credentials, refer below.
Getting Credentials of AppDirect
To acquire the required credentials and connect a Linked Account, please follow the steps mentioned below:
- Log in to your AppDirect account. Copy the Base URL of your account which will be in format
https://marketplace.example.com
. This isDomain URL
. - Click on the
Gear
icon in the top menu and click onAll Settings
option.
- Navigate to
API Clients
under Navigation in the side menu and click on+ Create API Client
. - Provide a
Name
, chooseClient Type
as Non-interactive application, selectSystem-level scopes
as Read only or Read Write depending on your use case and click on `Save Settings. - Copy the
Secret
displayed and theClient 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.
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.