Setup

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

• Client ID
• Client Secret
• Scopes

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Pre-requisites

1. MyOB Developer account. You can request access here.

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Required Settings

• Mandatory Scopes

1. CompanyFile

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Creating an app in MyOB

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

1. Log in to your MyOB Developer account.
2. Click on the Developer option in the top nav bar.

3. Click on Register App button in the right.
4. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for My OB > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it.
5. Enter the App Name for your application and paste the Callback Url under Redirect Uri and click on Register App button.
6. In the Developer Dashboard, copy the Client ID under Key and Client Secret under the Secret field.

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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 MyOB actions. Following are the set of MyOB actions supported by Cobalt.

• Actions
• Triggers