To setup your NetSuite app in Cobalt for OAuth, you will need the following credentials from your NetSuite account:
  • Client ID
  • Client Secret
  • Account ID
  • Scopes

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Pre-requisites

  1. NetSuite account.
  2. OAuth Enabled in Netsuite.

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Required Settings

  • Mandatory Scopes
  1. rest_webservices
  2. suite_analytics
If you haven’t already created an app in NetSuite, you’d need to create one.

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Enable OAuth in NetSuite

Before creating an app in NetSuite, you are required to enable OAuth. Follow the steps given below:
  1. Navigate to Setup > Company > Enable Features in your Netsuite account.
Enabling OAuth in Netsuite
  1. Select the SuiteCloud tab present, scroll down and enable the following in your settings:
  • SOAP Web Services (under SuiteTalk (Web Services))
  • REST Web Services (under SuiteTalk (Web Services))
  • SuiteSignon (under Manage Authentication)
  • OAuth 2.0 (under Manage Authentication)

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Creating an app in NetSuite

To create a NetSuite app and acquire the above mentioned credentials, please follow the steps mentioned below:
  1. Log in to your Netsuite account with Admin permissions.
  2. To get your Account ID, navigate to Setup > Company > Company Information and copy the Account ID present there.
Navigating for Account ID
  1. Click on Setup > Integration > Manage Integrations and choose New.
Navigating for App creation
  1. Enter the App Name and under Authentication > Token-based authentication, first uncheck the TBA: Authorization Flow and then Token based authentication.
You are required to first uncheck the TBA: Authorization Flow checkbox as it cannot be disabled if the Token based authentication checkbox is disabled first.
  1. Go to your Apps catalog in Cobalt > Search for Netsuite > Settings > Use your credentials > Callback Url > Copy it. Paste the Callback Uri under Redirect URI field under OAuth 2.0 in the app.
  2. Select the mandatory scopes in the Scope section under OAuth 2.0, as provided in your Cobalt Netsuite settings page and click on the Save button.
Setting up Developer app
  1. Scroll down and copy the Client ID and Client Secret from the Client Credentials section.
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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Configuring Scopes

Cobalt lets you configure what permissions to ask from your users while they install your application. The scopes can be added or removed from the App settings page, under Permissions & Scopes section. For some applications Cobalt sets mandatory scopes which cannot be removed. Additional scopes can be selected from the drop down. Cobalt also has the provision to add any custom scopes supported by the respective platform. OAuth Scopes Once the scopes has been added to the application in Cobalt, go to your Netsuite account and update the scopes as added on Cobalt. Select the OAuth App created for Cobalt > Click on Edit > Add the scopes as added in Cobalt > Click on Save.
If you are facing scopes missing or invalid scope error. Make sure you are not passing any custom scope not supported by the platform. And, the scopes selected here are identical to the ones selected in the platform.

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Actions and triggers

Once the above setup is completed, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using NetSuite actions and triggers. Following are the set of NetSuite actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.