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

  • Client ID
  • Client Secret

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Pre-requisites

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

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Creating an app in FreeAgent

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

  1. Log in to your FreeAgent Developer account.
  2. Click on the My Apps icon in the top nav bar and select Create New App button.

  1. Enter the App Name and Description for your application.

  2. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for FreeAgent > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it.

  3. Paste the Callback URL under OAuth Redirect URIs during app creation and click on the Create App button.

  4. Copy the OAuth identifier(Client ID) and Secret(Client Secret) from the OAuth secrets section.

Ensure that the Secret is copied as it will be displayed only once.

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Configuring credentials in Cobalt

App settings page lets you configure the authentication settings for an OAuth 2.0 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.

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.

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Actions and triggers

Once the above setup is completed, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using FreeAgent actions and triggers. Following are the set of FreeAgent actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.

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