1. Overview

2. Navigation to connection page

1. Navigate to the home page.
   
2. Click on the connections icon {} in the top-right corner.
   
   

1. Navigate to Settings > Variables.
   
   
   
   
2. Select Connections in Type.
   
   
   
   
3. In the Value dropdown, click Create New.
   
   

1. Navigate to Authentication. From the Type dropdown, select Connection.
   
2. In the Value field, click Create New.
   
   
   

3. Create Connection

1. Pick your Service
   Services are the connectors using which you can create your connections.
   
   

To create a new service, provide the following information:

1. Service Name: This is the display name of the service that you want to create. Display name can contain up to 50 characters.
   
2. Service Link Name : Link name of the service to uniquely identify the service.



Note: The service link name:


1. Must start with a lower case letter
   
2. Can only contain lower case letters, numbers, and underscores (_)
   
3. Can contain up to 50 characters

1. Authentication Type : Choose from the following authentication types:
   
   

   Type	Description	Fields
   API Key	This auth type requires you to specify the params for establishing a connection with the required service. In the next step, you will need to supply values for these params. For example, if you specify authtoken as param, the next step would be to provide your account's authtoken to establish a successful connection.	Upon choosing API Key as authentication type, you need to provide values to the following fields:   Param Type:  This decides how the authentication parameters will be sent. Supported param types: Query string, Form Data, and Header Parameter Key: Name of the key (as specified in the API documentation of the required service) against which the parameter needs to be sent Parameter Display Name: Display name for the parameter. This name will prompted when you connect to the service   Note : You can add as many parameters as required. Parameter could be any type of key that is required for authentication, such as api-key, user-key, authtoken, or apitoken.
   Basic Authentication	This auth type requires you to specify the username and password in the next step, which will be encrypted with a base64 algorithm automatically and passed as a header in the format: basic <encrypted_username>:<encrypted_password>	N/A
   OAuth 1	This auth type requires you to specify the required parameters to perform an OAuth 1 authentication.	Upon choosing OAuth 1 as the authentication type, you need to provide values to the following fields: Consumer Key: Issued by the service provider Consumer Secret: Used to authorize your application Request Token URL: URL to fetch the request token as specified in the API documentation of the required service   Authorize URL: As specified in the API documentation of the required service Access Token URL : URL to fetch the access token as specified in the API documentation of the required service
   OAuth 2	This auth type requires you to specify the required parameters to perform an OAuth 2 authentication.	Upon choosing OAuth 2 as the authentication type, you need to provide values to the following fields:   Grant type: The required service uses to perform authorization. You can choose from the supported grant types: Authorization Code and Client Credentials   Client Id: Issued by the service provider Client Secret: Used to authorize your application Authorize URL: As specified in the API documentation of the required service Access Token URL: URL to fetch the access token as specified in the API documentation of the required service Refresh Token URL: URL to fetch the request token as specified in the API documentation of the required service Param Type: This decides how the authentication parameters will be sent. Supported param types: Query string and Header Note : When registering a Zoho client, the callback URL or the Authorized Redirect URIs should be specified as: US domain : https://deluge.zoho.com/delugeauth/callback EU domain : https://dre.zoho.eu/delugeauth/callback IN domain : https://dre.zoho.in/delugeauth/callback

Private API Setup




To authenticate connection for your private networks, enable the PrivateAPI feature, as shown below: 





1. Toggle the PrivateAPI switch on to authenticate connections with your private network. 


2. In the dropdown that appears, select the required agent that is linked with the private network.



Now, click Create Service.



2. Connection Details
   
1. Under Connection Details, provide the following information:
   
   
1. Connection Name: Display name of your connection
   
2. Connection Link Name: Link names must be unique
Note: The link name that you provide must satisfy the following conditions:

1. Must start with a lower case letter
   
2. Can only contain lower case letters, numbers, and underscores (_)
   
3. Can contain up to 50 characters
   
2. Click Create and Connect.
   
   
3. A User Permissions dialog will pop up, provide your authentication credentials (if any, depending on the authentication type), and click Connect.
   
   

4. A Connection Summary dialog will pop up. Upon successful authorization, the connection will be created and listed in your connections page.
   
   

5. Hover over the connection to edit, revoke, or delete it. The following table lists the editable and non-editable custom service fields:
   

Authentication Type	Editable fields	Non-editable fields
Basic	Service name	Authentication type Service link name
API Key	Service name Param type New parameters can be added Existing parameters can be edited but cannot be deleted	Authentication type Service link name
OAuth 1	Service name Param type Consumer ID Consumer secret Authorize URL Access token URL Refresh token URL	Authentication type Service link name
OAuth 2	Service name Param type Client ID Client secret Authorize URL Access token URL Refresh token URL	Authentication type Grant type Service link name

Note: When a connection is edited, it is revoked by default and has to be reconnected.

4. Related Links

1. API Testing