Authentication and Authorization through external OAuth 2.0 server

[Clive_Bender]

Hey there,

I am currently working on an appsheet app that can import data from an external application. The external application utilizes OAuth libraries but I’m unaware how to implement these libraries. They have provided sample codes of the libraries for a variety of language but I’m not sure what language AppSheet uses or how I would even implement the sample codes. Sample codes: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/authentication-and-authorization

Currently I am importing an image with a URL link that directs to the external app login page, however the back-end is failing to authorize the user’s info and data back into my appsheet app.

Can some inform me the best way to injecting code into appsheet or a clever way for appsheet to retrieve login info from the external app?

Thank you.

Best,
Clive

[WillowMobileSys]

I cannot help much but here is what I know. It is my understanding that AppSheet uses OAuth services already. So, there may not be anything you need to do from an OAuth library usage standpoint.

Here is an article that describes this a bit more:

help.appsheet.com

AppSheet Permissions to Your Cloud Provider

Learn how AppSheet secures access to your cloud file system.

To interact with an external application, I believe you can make use of AppSheets WebHook functionality. However, I do not think there is the capability yet of retrieving data from an external source. This is described a bit more here:

help.appsheet.com

Introduction to Webhooks

How to post to web services and social media.

[Bellave_Jayaram]

This is not so easy to do without some coding. You would need to work with Cloud Functions - for an example implementation of how to login to Intuit, you could refer to this - https://github.com/josephsteve/intuit-oauth2-firebase-func

I would be curious to know how you get on and would appreciate if you could post here. Thanks.