Connecting to Optimizely

To authenticate to Optimizely, you can use either Token authentication or the OAuth standard. Use Token authentication to connect to your own data. Use OAuth to allow other users to connect to their data.

Using Token Authentication

You can connect to Optimizely by simply providing a personal token. Personal access token can be generated at app.optimizely.com/v2/profile/api. Set the API Key to your personal token in the ProfileSettings connection property.

Example connection string

Profile=C:\profiles\Optimizely.apip;ProfileSettings='APIKey=my_api_key';

Using OAuth Authentication

To allow other users to access their data, you'll need to register an OAuth application with Optimizely. To do so, follow the instructions at app.optimizely.com/accountsettings/apps/developers. You app will be assigned an OAuth client ID and secret. After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

• AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
• OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client Id that you received upon app registration
• OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret that that you received upon app registration.
• CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URI you specified in your app.
• InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
• OAuthVersion: Set this to 2.0.

Example connection string

Profile=C:\profiles\Optimizely.apip;Authscheme=OAuth;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackUrl=your_callback_url;

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.