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POST
/
projects
/
{projectIdOrName}
/
connections:generate
Generate a new connection
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/connections:generate \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "groupRef": "group-123",
  "consumerRef": "<string>",
  "provider": "<string>",
  "providerWorkspaceRef": "<string>",
  "providerMetadata": {},
  "groupName": "<string>",
  "consumerName": "<string>",
  "apiKey": "<string>",
  "customAuth": {
    "apiKey": "abcd1234",
    "password": "secret"
  },
  "basicAuth": {
    "username": "<string>",
    "password": "<string>"
  },
  "oauth2ClientCredentials": {
    "clientId": "<string>",
    "clientSecret": "<string>",
    "scopes": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "oauth2PasswordCredentials": {
    "username": "<string>",
    "password": "<string>",
    "clientId": "<string>",
    "clientSecret": "<string>",
    "scopes": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "oauth2AuthorizationCode": {
    "accessToken": {
      "token": "<string>",
      "expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "issuedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    },
    "refreshToken": {
      "token": "<string>",
      "expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "issuedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    },
    "scopes": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  }
}
'
{
  "id": "connection-123",
  "projectId": "project-456",
  "provider": "salesforce",
  "group": {
    "groupRef": "group-123",
    "groupName": "Super Customer",
    "projectId": "project-456",
    "createTime": "2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z",
    "updateTime": "2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z"
  },
  "consumer": {
    "consumerRef": "consumer-123",
    "consumerName": "Super Customer",
    "projectId": "project-456",
    "createTime": "2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z",
    "updateTime": "2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z"
  },
  "createTime": "2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z",
  "authScheme": "oauth2/authorizationCode",
  "status": "working",
  "providerApp": {
    "id": "provider-app-123",
    "projectId": "project-456",
    "provider": "salesforce",
    "clientId": "client-id-123",
    "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "externalRef": "external-id-123",
    "scopes": [
      [
        "oauth",
        "offline",
        "crm.read"
      ]
    ],
    "updateTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "providerWorkspaceRef": "provider-workspace-123",
  "providerConsumerRef": "provider-consumer-123",
  "updateTime": "2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z",
  "oauth2AuthorizationCode": {
    "accessToken": {
      "token": "<string>",
      "issuedAt": "2024-04-22T18:55:28.456076Z",
      "expiresAt": "2024-10-22T18:55:28.456076Z"
    },
    "refreshToken": {
      "token": "<string>",
      "issuedAt": "2024-04-22T18:55:28.456076Z",
      "expiresAt": "2024-10-22T18:55:28.456076Z"
    },
    "scopes": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "apiKey": "api-key-123",
  "providerMetadata": {}
}

Authorizations

​
X-Api-Key
string
header
required

Path Parameters

​
projectIdOrName
string
required

The Ampersand project ID or project name.

Body

application/json
​
groupRef
string
required

The ID of the user group that has access to this installation.

Example:

"group-123"

​
consumerRef
string
required

The consumer reference.

​
provider
string
required

The provider name (e.g. "salesforce", "hubspot")

​
providerWorkspaceRef
string

The ID of the provider workspace that this connection belongs to.

​
providerMetadata
Provider Metadata · object
​
groupName
string

The name of the user group that has access to this installation.

​
consumerName
string

The name of the consumer that has access to this installation.

​
apiKey
string

The API key to use for the connection.

​
customAuth
object

Values used for custom auth input variables.

Example:
{
  "apiKey": "abcd1234",
  "password": "secret"
}
​
basicAuth
object
​
oauth2ClientCredentials
object
​
oauth2PasswordCredentials
object
​
oauth2AuthorizationCode
OAuth2 Authorization Code · object

Response

Created

​
id
string
required

The connection ID.

Example:

"connection-123"

​
projectId
string
required

The Ampersand project ID.

Example:

"project-456"

​
provider
string
required

The SaaS provider that this Connection is for.

Example:

"salesforce"

​
group
Group · object
required
​
consumer
Consumer · object
required
​
createTime
string<date-time>
required

The time the connection was created.

Example:

"2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z"

​
authScheme
enum<string>
required

The authentication scheme used for this connection.

Available options:
none,
apiKey,
basic,
oauth2/authorizationCode,
oauth2/authorizationCodePKCE,
oauth2/clientCredentials,
oauth2/password
Example:

"oauth2/authorizationCode"

​
status
enum<string>
required

The status of the connection.

  • created: The connection has just been created or the access token was just refreshed.
  • working: The connection has successfully been used to make a request.
  • bad_credentials: The connection encountered credential-related issues when making a request, or when attempting to refresh the access token.
Available options:
created,
working,
bad_credentials
Example:

"working"

​
providerApp
Provider App · object
​
providerWorkspaceRef
string

If available, the identifier for the provider workspace (e.g. the Salesforce subdomain)

Example:

"provider-workspace-123"

​
providerConsumerRef
string

If available, the ID that Salesforce/Hubspot uses to identify this user (e.g. Salesforce has IDs in the form of https://login.salesforce.com/id/00D4x0000019CQTEA2/0054x000000orJ4AA)

Example:

"provider-consumer-123"

​
updateTime
string<date-time>

The time the connection was last updated.

Example:

"2023-07-13T21:34:44.816Z"

​
oauth2AuthorizationCode
OAuth2 AuthorizationCode Token · object
​
apiKey
string

The API key used while making the connection.

Example:

"api-key-123"

​
providerMetadata
Provider Metadata · object