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Hey guys, I have an OAuth API in my application and I would like to use Pipedream to connect my application with other connected apps on the pipedream platform. According to the docs, I can either request the integration or use environment variables. But how do I actually connect to my own application using OAuth? The docs aren’t very clear on how to do that. When I go to Connected Accounts, there doesn’t seem to be an option for a custom connected account. cc
You should visit Pricing - Pipedream for the latest pricing, but I’ll do my best to answer. To connect your own application using OAuth with Pipedream, you can follow these steps: 1. Create an OAuth App in Your Application: You need to create an OAuth app in your application and configure the necessary OAuth settings (e.g., redirect URI, client ID, client secret). 2. Use Environment Variables: Since Pipedream does not currently support custom connected accounts directly through the UI, you can use environment variables to manage your OAuth credentials. Here’s how you can do it: - Store OAuth Credentials: Store your OAuth client ID and client secret as environment variables in Pipedream. You can do this by navigating to the Environment Variables section in the Pipedream documentation. - Access OAuth Tokens in Code Steps: In your Pipedream workflow, you can use these environment variables to perform the OAuth flow and obtain access tokens. Here’s an example of how you might do this in a Node.js code step: ```
import { axios } from “@pipedream/platform”; export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { const clientId = process.env.CLIENT_ID; const clientSecret = process.env.CLIENT_SECRET; const redirectUri = “YOUR_REDIRECT_URI”; const authorizationCode = “AUTHORIZATION_CODE_FROM_OAUTH_FLOW”; // Exchange authorization code for access token const response = await axios($, { method: “POST”, url: “https://your-oauth-provider.com/token”, data: { client_id: clientId, client_secret: clientSecret, redirect_uri: redirectUri, code: authorizationCode, grant_type: “authorization_code”, }, }); const accessToken = response.access_token; // Use the access token to make API requests const apiResponse = await axios($, { method: “GET”, url: “https://your-api-endpoint.com/resource”, headers: { Authorization: Bearer ${accessToken}, }, }); return apiResponse; }, });
We plan on supporting private apps in the future, but we don’t currently — so if you want Pipedream to manage the OAuth process, then yea, go ahead and submit the info and and team can take a look
