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

  • Client ID
  • Client Secret
  • Scopes

Pre-requisites

  1. Figma Developer account. You can create one here.

Required Settings

  • Mandatory Scopes
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If you haven’t already created an app in Figma, you’d need to create one.

Creating an app in Figma

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

  1. Log in to your Figma Developer Portal.
  2. Click on My apps in the top nav bar.
Navigation for App setup
  1. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for Figma > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it.

  2. Click on + Create a new app button, enter the App Name and the Website URL, Upload a Logo, paste the Callback Url and click on the Save button.

  3. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret displayed on the screen.

Ensure that the Client Secret is copied as it will not be shown again.

Getting Credentials

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.

Configuring Scopes

Cobalt lets you configure what permissions to ask from your users while they install your application. The scopes can be added or removed from the App settings page, under Permissions & Scopes section.

For some applications Cobalt sets mandatory scopes which cannot be removed. Additional scopes can be selected from the drop down. Cobalt also has the provision to add any custom scopes supported by the respective platform.

OAuth Scopes

Once the scopes has been added to the application in Cobalt, the app will now request for access of the mentioned scopes.

If you are facing scopes missing or invalid scope error. Make sure you are not passing any custom scope not supported by the platform.

Actions and triggers

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