How to Resolve Pipedream Connection and API Integration Issues in Next.js Demo Project?

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Issue: Clarification Needed on Pipedream Connection and API Integration

We are working on a demo project using Next.js and integrating the API, and I have encountered a few issues that I’d like to clarify. Below are the details:

  1. Connection Token vs API Key

Upon cloning the demo project and running it, I observed the following:

Could you please clarify the following:

  1. What is the purpose of the connection-token (ctok), and how should it be used in this flow?

  2. How can I fix this token issue to make the getAppInfo API work?

  3. Is the API key from the settings the preferred method? If yes, how can I retrieve this API key programmatically? (https://i.postimg.cc/zBbhf9tP/image.png)

2. OAuth and Authentication Flow

Using the client ID and secret from the API settings, I have successfully set up the authentication flow (https://i.postimg.cc/prZw71fq/image.png).

However, I need guidance on triggering events, such as when a user creates a sheet or schedules a meeting.

Could you please provide the following details:

  1. API documentation or examples on monitoring and handling these events programmatically. (https://i.postimg.cc/rp5QQZ2b/image.png)

Looking forward to hearing from Pipedream team!

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About the API key vs Connect token, check out this section in the quickstart in our docs — the Connect token is a short-lived token that you use when actually initiating the account connection flow. After your end user connects their account, that token is no longer valid.

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To make authenticated requests to Pipedream’s API, the recommended method is with a Pipedream OAuth client, which you must have already set up before generating the Connect token anyway. How are you making a request to the /apps endpoint? Via the SDK?

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Today, if you’d like to run a workflow using your end user’s auth, it doesn’t currently work with triggers in the builder, you can however use your user’s auth in a code step or action.

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Hi I faced this issue yesterday connection token is only for frontend to connect to the app. that’s it

To use /apps I used pipedream sdk, there is a method .makeAuthorizedRequest

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Wow thanks! how you planning to use?

Unfortunately we cannot triggers for end users?

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sorry I can’t help a lot
I know that to reproduce from CURL you should first do this

Then you get access token (NOT connect token!) and then use it for /apps

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access token is a JWT.
I was also confused and tried to put connect token to Authorization header