To setup your Basecamp app in Cobalt for OAuth, you will need the following credentials from your Basecamp Integrations Page:
  • Client ID
  • Client Secret

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Pre-requisites

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

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Creating an app in Basecamp

To create a Basecamp app and acquire the above mentioned credentials, please follow the steps mentioned below:
  1. Log in to your Basecamp Integrations Page.
  2. Click on Register another application button in the centre.
Creating OAuth app
  1. Enter the Name of your application, Company Name and Website URL and select Product as Basecamp 4.
  2. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for Basecamp > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it. Paste the Callback URL under Redirect URI in Basecamp and click on the Register this app button.
  3. Scroll down in the OAuth2 section and copy the Client ID and Client Secret.
Getting Credentials

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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 Basecamp actions and triggers. Following are the set of Basecamp actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.
  1. Create Project - Create a project in Basecamp.
  2. Delete Project - Delete a project in Basecamp.
  1. Create ToDo List - Create a ToDo List in Basecamp.
  1. Create ToDo - Create a ToDo in Basecamp.
  1. HTTP Request - Make HTTP API calls to any Basecamp documented REST APIs.