Integration settings

A sample project for managing integration settings with the Apideck Vault API.

Building integrations starts with handling user credentials and generating access tokens for the APIs you want to use. When you're looking to connect to an API, the first step is authentication. Vault helps you store API keys, integration settings, and access tokens from customers.

Built with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind.

Run the sample locally

Requirements

• An Apideck account: You can sign up for an Apideck account here: https://app.apideck.com/signup
• Apideck Application ID: Available in your Apideck dashboard.
• Apideck API Key: Available in your Apideck dashboard.
• Configured Integrations: This sample shows how to manage credentials for integrations. You'll need to select and configure the integrations you want to make available to your users.

Installing the sample

This project uses the Vault API. Visit https://developers.apideck.com/apis/vault/reference for documentation of the API.

Step 1: Update your environment variables

• Copy .env.example and create a .env.local file
• Add your API key: UNIFY_API_KEY=<your-api-key>
• Your env should also include NEXT_PUBLIC_UNIFY_API_URL=https://unify.apideck.com
• Optional: Add a Busnag API key to activate Bugsnag error monitoring.

Step 2: Install dependencies

• Install dependencies with yarn or npm install
• Run the development server with yarn dev or npm run dev
• Visit http://localhost:3003/ to see if it's running. You should see a message that your session is invalid.

Step 3: Create a new session

You have to make a POST request to the Vault API to create a valid session for a user, hereafter referred to as the consumer ID. In order to make the request, you need your Apideck API Key, Application ID, and Consumer ID. The Consumer ID is stored inside Apideck Vault. This can be a user ID, account ID, device ID, or another entity that can be linked to integrations within your app.

Your request headers should include Authorization, X-APIDECK-CONSUMER-ID, and X-APIDECK-APP-ID. The body of your request should include the redirect_uri, which is used for the return link, and the consumer data:

  consumer_metadata: {
    account_name: 'Apideck Vault Sample',
    user_name: 'vault@apideck.com',
    image: 'https://unavatar.now.sh/testing-vault'
  },
  redirect_uri: 'https://app.apideck.com',

After making the request, you should receive a response that includes the session_uri that has the bearer token that is needed to run the sample project. Copy the session_uri, paste it in your browser and replace https://vault.apideck.com with localhost:3003. Your URL should look like this: http://localhost:3003/session/<your-bearer-token>.

If you add your API key, Application ID, and consumer ID to the .env.local file you can also start a session from the UI (only during development). When you start the application and get prompt with the "session invalid" message, you can click the "Create session" button to make an API request to the Vault API and get redirected to the /session/<token> route.

Example using curl

curl -X POST https://unify.apideck.com/vault/sessions
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>"
    -H "X-APIDECK-CONSUMER-ID: <consumer-id>"
    -H "X-APIDECK-APP-ID: <application-id>"
    -d '{"consumer_metadata": { "account_name" : "Sample", "user_name": "vault@sample", "image": "https://unavatar.now.sh/jake" }}'

Example using Postman

An easy way to make requests is by using Postman, a tool for API development. You can download it here: https://www.postman.com/downloads/.

Step 1: Authorize
To verify the identity of the client sending a request, you need to add your API key to the request headers.

• Open the Authorization tab in Postman and select the type Bearer Token.
• Add your API key to the token field

Step 2: Add request headers
Open the Headers tab in Postman and add the following headers:

• X-APIDECK-CONSUMER-ID - Your Consumer ID
• X-APIDECK-APP-ID - Your Application ID

Step 3: Make Request
You should now be able to make requests to the Vault API.

• Enter the session URL to the request field: https://unify.apideck.com/vault/sessions
• Make sure you're making a POST request

Theming

By default, the Vault will match the colors of your Apideck ecosystem. If you haven't made any changes in the theming settings of your ecosystem, you could also overwrite the default settings inside src/config/defaults or send a theme object in the body of the session request.

Logs

By default, the logs are shown. If you want to hide the logs view, send show_logs: false inside the settings object when creating a session or change the default settings inside src/config/defaults.

Hosted Vault

A hosted version of the Vault is a simple solution, so you don't need to build your own UI to handle the integration settings and authentication. The Hosted Vault is a great way to explore Unify without needing to build an integrations overview to get started. Visit https://app.apideck.com/ to learn more.