Connecting to Insightly

Insighly uses Token authentication to control access to its service.

Using Token Authentication

To authenticate to Insightly you'll need to provide your APIKey. To obtain your APIKey, click the profile icon in Insightly then select 'User Settings' > 'API' > 'API key'. Additionally, you will need to set the Pod, found in the the API URL. For example if your API URL is https://api.na1.insightly.com, then the Pod should be 'na1'. Set both the APIKey and Pod in the ProfileSettings connection property to connect.

Example Connection String

Profile=C:\profiles\Insightly.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=your_api_key;Pod=your_pod';

Connection Properties

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider.