10.3.6. Integration with Third Party Services

Motadata supports Jira integration out of the box and any other third party client supporting rest API.

Note

Integration requires Administrative rights

10.3.6.1. Jira Integration

  • Go to Admin >> Integrations (Automation)

  • You see an empty list if you are integrating an app for the first time, else you can see all the existing third-party integrations.

  • Click Create an Integration situated in the top right corner of the page.

  • Give a Name to the service and a suitable description.

  • Select Jira API Integration from the below option.

  • Type in the username, password, and the domain name.

  • Save your settings before exiting.

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10.3.6.2. Rest API Client

A REST API defines a set of functions which developers can perform requests and receive responses via HTTP protocol such as GET and POST. Motadata allows third party clients to create Requests using REST API.

Before using REST API, you have to create an API Client.

Creating an API Client:

  • Go to Admin >> Integrations (Automation).

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  • Click on Create an Integration situated in the top right corner of the page.

  • Give the settings a name and description.

  • Select the Rest API Client option from below, and you have two options with respect to user selection.

    1. Allow any User: You can use the credentials of any user (registered with the product) to make API calls.

    2. Allow specific User: You can only use the credentials of the mentioned user for making API calls.

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  • Click on Create to save your API Client.

Note

The user acts as an identifier for all interactions made using the API. It is preferable to create a dummy user specifically for the Client.

  • Open the API client again from the Integrations page to view the Client ID and Secrete.

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Learn how to make API Calls.

10.3.6.3. Edit Integration

  • Go to Admin >> Integrations (Automation).

  • Click the edit icon adjacent to the API name that you want to edit.

  • Make your changes and hit Update.

You can delete any API integration by clicking the Delete icon, or go to edit page and click Delete.

10.3.6.4. Disable a API Integration

  • Go to Admin >> Integrations.

  • You can disable any API with the adjacent toggle.

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