Step 1
These steps below are common for both Push/Pull connectors.
Connector Name: This can be anything you choose, but we recommend using the name of the service/server that you’re connecting to; that way, you can recognize which connector does what, if you have multiple connectors setup.
Authentication: Authentication will verify the user before an external server can allow them access. Grid supports the following types of authentication:
No Auth: Choose this if the API you’re connecting to does not have any authentication or security.
API Key: Choosing this option gives you a new field to input your API key and value; you also have to select whether the API Key is to be sent in the header of the request, or sent as a Query Parameter. (The systems administrator or help documentation of the external server or service you want to connect to will have details on this)
Bearer Token (gives you a new field to input your Bearer Token)
Basic Authentication (gives you two new fields to input your username and password.)
To know about OAuth or API auth methods, click on the buttons below.
Configuration: Here, you configure the test connection to ensure the functionality of API connector. There are two parts:
HTTP Request - using this, you (an app or system) communicate with a server to ask for data or perform actions. We support these:
GET (retrieve data)
POST (submit data)
PUT (update data)
Endpoint - you insert the URL here to either push or pull data from the external server.s