When to Create a Custom OAuth App

Creating a custom OAuth app is required in the web flow. Creating a custom OAuth app is optional for desktop and headless applications; the driver is already registered with Exact Online and you can connect with its embedded credentials. Creating a custom OAuth app is optional as the driver is already registered with Exact Online and you can connect with its embedded credentials.

You might want to create a custom OAuth app to change the information displayed when users log into the Exact Online OAuth endpoint to grant permissions to the driver.

Follow the steps below to create a custom OAuth app and obtain the connection properties in a specific OAuth authentication flow.

Create a Custom OAuth App: Desktop and Headless Machines

To obtain the OAuth client credentials, the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret, follow the steps below:

1. If you have not already done so, create an Exact Online developer account.
2. Log into the App Center and click Manage Apps -> Add a New Application.
3. Enter the app name to be displayed to users when they are prompted to grant permissions to your app.
4. Set the Redirect URI to https://oauth.cdata.com/oauth/.
5. Click the Edit button for your app. The client credentials, the client Id and client secret, are displayed.

Set these OAuth credentials when you connect, in addition to Division and Region.

Create a Custom OAuth App: Web Apps

To obtain the OAuth client credentials, the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret, follow the steps below:

1. If you have not already done so, create an Exact Online developer account.
2. Log into the App Center and click Manage Apps -> Add a New Application.
3. Enter the app name to be displayed to users when they are prompted to grant permissions to your app.
4. Set the Redirect URI to a page you would like the user to be returned to after they have granted your application permissions.
5. Click the Edit button for your app. The client credentials, the client Id and client secret, are displayed.

Set these OAuth credentials when you connect, in addition to Division and Region.