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Cobalt offers both Key Based and OAuth 2.0 integration for Adobe Workfront. In this guide, we will look at the OAuth App setup process. To setup your Adobe Workfront app in Cobalt for OAuth, you will need the following credentials from your Adobe Workfront account:
  • Client ID
  • Client Secret

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Pre-requisites

  1. Adobe Workfront account. You can create a test account here.
If you haven’t already created an app in Adobe Workfront, you’d need to create one.

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Creating an app in Adobe Workfront

To create a Adobe Workfront app and acquire the above mentioned credentials, please follow the steps mentioned below:
  1. Log in to your Adobe Workfront account.
  2. Click on the waffle icon in the top right of the nav bar, select Setup in the menu and choose OAuth2 Application under System in the side menu.
Navigation for App setup
  1. Click on Create app integration button > Choose Web Application under Authentication method > Provide a Name for your app and click on Create.
  2. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for Adobe Workfront > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it.
  3. Select the app created, paste the Callback Url under Redirect URls and click on Save.
  4. Copy the Client ID' and generate a Secret by clicking on +Add Client Secret` under Basic information section.
Getting Credentials
Store the Client Secret somewhere as it will be shown only once.

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Configuring credentials in Cobalt

App settings page lets you configure the authentication settings for an OAuth 2.0 based application. For your customers to provide you authorization to access their data, they would first need to install your application. This page lets you set up your application credentials. Setting up application client credentials Provide the acquired Client ID and Client Secret under Settings of the app and save it.

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Actions and triggers

Once the above setup is completed, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using Adobe Workfront actions and triggers. Following are the set of Adobe Workfront actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.
  • Actions
  • Triggers
  1. Update Document - Updates existing Document By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  2. Delete Document - Delete existing Document By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  3. Get Documents - Search all Documents in Adobe Workfront.
  1. Create Folder - Creates a new Folder in Adobe Workfront.
  2. Update Folder - Updates existing Folder By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  3. Delete Folder - Delete existing Folder By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  4. Get Folders - Search all Folders in Adobe Workfront.
  1. Create Project - Creates a new Project in Adobe Workfront.
  2. Update Project - Updates existing Project By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  3. Get Projects - Search all Projects in Adobe Workfront.
  4. Delete Folder - Delete existing Folder By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  5. Get Folders - Search all Folders in Adobe Workfront.
  1. Create Task - Creates a new Task in Adobe Workfront.
  2. Update Task - Updates existing Task By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  3. Delete Task - Delete existing Task By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  4. Get Task - Search all Tasks in Adobe Workfront.
  1. Create User - Creates a new user in Adobe Workfront.
  2. Update User - Updates existing user By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  3. Delete User - Delete existing user By ID in Adobe Workfront.
  4. Get Users - Search all Users in Adobe Workfront.
  1. HTTP Request - Make HTTP API calls to any Adobe Workfront documented REST APIs.