To setup your Calendly app in Cobalt for OAuth, you will need the following credentials from your Calendly Developer Portal:

  • Client ID
  • Client Secret
  • Scopes

Pre-requisites

  1. Calendly Developer account. You can create one here.
If you haven’t already created an app in Calendly, you’d need to create one.

Creating an app in Calendly

To create a Calendly app and aquire the above mentioned credentials, please follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. Log in to your Calendly Developer Portal.
  2. Click on the Profile icon in the top right, select My Apps and click on the + Create new app button.
Navigation for App setup
  1. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for Calendly > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it.
  2. After clicking on + Create new app button, enter the App Name, select Kind of app as Web, choose Environment Type, paste the Callback Url under Redirect URI and click on Save and continue.
  3. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret displayed.
Getting Credentials

Client Secret and Webhook signing key will be visible only once, so make ensure that they are copied and saved somewhere for future reference.

Configuring credentials in Cobalt

App settings page lets you configure the authentication settings for an OAuth2 based application. For your customers to provide you authorization to access their data, they would first need to install your application. This page lets you set up your application credentials.

Setting up application client credentials

Cobalt lets you use pre-configured applications to play around. You can do so by selecting Use our credentials. However, if you wish to use your own application, select Use your own credentials. Provide the aquired Client Id and Client secret and save it.

Actions and triggers

Once the above setup is completed, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using Calendly actions and triggers. An action with any API of Calendly can be created by using the HTTP Request Action.