Call a Connector Method

Introduction

In this guide, you will use the Cyclr API to call a connector method. Cyclr will act as a proxy and pass your request to the external application.

Before you start, make sure you have created an end user account and authenticated a connector.

Account Access Token

You need to have a valid Account access token to make API calls on your user’s behalf.

For more information on getting access tokens, please see API Authentication.

Get Account Connectors

Let’s get a list of installed account connectors from your account so Cyclr knows which account connector you want to make the request with.

Request:

GET https://yourCyclrInstance/v1.0/account/connectors
Authorization: Bearer ****************************************************************

Response:

[
    {
        "Id": 123,
        "Name": "Salesforce Account 1",
        "Description": "",
        "Connector": {
            "Id": 1,
            "Name": "Salesforce"
        }
    },
    {
        "Id": 456,
        "Name": "Salesforce Account 2",
        "Description": "",
        "Connector": {
            "Id": 1,
            "Name": "Salesforce"
        }
    }
]

In the response, 123 is an account connector ID. 1 is the ID for the underlying connector.

Call a Connector Method

You can now call a connector method and get the raw response from the third-party application.

Each method in Cyclr has a unique external ID. You can get a list of methods with their unique identifiers using https://yourCyclrInstance/v1.0/connectors/{Connector ID}/methods. Connector ID here is not the ID for your account connector instance (123 in the sample response above), but the ID for the underlying connector (1 in the sample response above).

Request

GET https://yourCyclrInstance/v1.0/account/connectors/{account connector ID}/methods/{method ID}
Authorization: Bearer ****************************************************************

Response

{
    "records": [{
            "Id": "1001",
            "FirstName": "John",
            "LastName": "Smith",
            "Name": "John Smith",
            "Email": "johnsmith@example.com"
        },
        {
            "Id": "1002",
            "FirstName": "Jane",
            "LastName": "Doe",
            "Name": "Jane Doe",
            "Email": "janedoe@example.com"
        }
    ]
}

If the method you are calling requires any field or parameter to be passed to the third-party application, they should be included in your request body.

Request

POST https://yourCyclrInstance/v1.0/account/connectors/{account connector ID}/methods/{method ID}
Authorization: Bearer ****************************************************************
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "Parameters": {
        "400123": "true"
    },
    "Fields": {
        "500123": "test@example.com"
    }
}

IP Restriction

Access to Cyclr APIs used for passing requests to external applications is restricted by IP. The IP restricted APIs are as follows:

GET /v1.0/account/connectors/{id}/methods/{methodId} Calls a connector method
POST /v1.0/account/connectors/{id}/methods/{methodId} Calls a connector method
GET /v1.0/account/connectors/{id}/test/{methodId} Tests a connector method
POST /v1.0/account/connectors/{id}/test/{methodId} Tests a connector method

If you are using Cyclr APIs to call standard connectors, i.e. third-party connectors that are not native to your application, the Cyclr API request can only be made from a list of IP addresses approved by us.

Native connectors with the IsPartnerIntegrationConnector flag set to true can be called from any IP addresses.

If you would like to use Cyclr APIs to call standard connectors, please contact our support team to whitelist your IP.

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