How to use IBM App Connect with Trello
Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards that show who is working on tasks and what progress is being made. Use IBM® App Connect to connect Trello to other applications. For example, when a new campaign is created in your CRM system, IBM App Connect can create teams, boards, lists, and cards automatically in Trello to track related tasks.
- App Connect Enterprise as a Service connector
Local
connector in containers (Continuous Delivery release) 11.0.0.12-r1 or
later-
Local connector in containers (Long Term Support release)
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Local connector in containers (Long Term Support Cycle-2 release)
Supported product and API versions
To find out which product and API versions this connector supports, see Detailed System Requirements on the IBM Support page.
Connecting to Trello
Complete the connection fields that you see in the App Connect Designer Catalog page or flow editor. If necessary, work with your Trello administrator to obtain these values.
| Authorization method | Connection field | Description | Applicability |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC OAUTH | Application key | The Trello application key. Create an account and go to https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/trello/guides/rest-api/api-introduction/ to find your application key. | App Connect in containers and App Connect Enterprise as a Service |
| Access token | Create an account and go to https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/trello/guides/rest-api/api-introduction/ to generate the access token. | ||
| OAUTH 1.0 |
Tip: Authorize connection to Trello by signing in
to your account.
|
App Connect Enterprise as a Service |
To connect to a Trello endpoint from the App Connect Designer Catalog page for the first time, expand Trello, then click Connect. For more information, see Managing accounts.
To use the data in your Trello account to update your other applications, you need to give permission for IBM App Connect to access your Trello account. When you see the message from Trello, click Log in, then enter your Trello username and password. If you are already logged in to your Trello account, click Allow.
Before you use the account that is created in App Connect in a flow, rename the account to something meaningful that helps you to identify it. To rename the account on the Applications and APIs page, select the account, open its options menu (⋮), then click Rename Account.
What to consider first
You can see a full list of the actions that are available with Trello on the Catalog page of the App Connect Designer. Before you add some of the Trello actions to your flow, make sure that you have the following resources.
- To add the Create board action to your flow, you must have a team in Trello for IBM App Connect to add your board to. You then specify the name of the team when you add the action to your flow.
- To add the Create list action to your flow, you must have a team in Trello with at least one board so that IBM App Connect can add the list to your board. You then specify the names of the team and board when you add the action to your flow.
- To add the Add card to list action to your flow, you must have a board in Trello with at least one list. IBM App Connect can then add the card to your list. You then specify the names of the board and list when you add the action to your flow.
Events and actions
Trello events
These events are for changes in this application that trigger a flow to start completing the actions in the flow.
Trello actions
Your flow completes these actions on this application.
- Actions
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- Update action
- Retrieve actions
- Delete action
- Attachments
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- Add attachment to card
- Retrieve attachments
- Delete attachment
- Boards
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- Create board
- Retrieve boards
- Update board details
- Delete board
- Cards
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- Add card to list
- Retrieve card
- Update card details
- Delete card
- Checklist items
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- Add item to checklist
- Retrieve checklist items
- Delete item from checklist
- Update item from checklist
- Checklists
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- Add checklist to card
- Retrieve checklists
- Update checklist details
- Delete checklist
- Comments
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- Add comment
- Update comment
- Delete comment
- Labels
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- Add label to card
- Retrieve labels
- Update label
- Delete label
- Lists
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- Create list
- Retrieve lists
- Update list
- Members
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- Retrieve members
- Delete member from a card
- Add member to card
- Teams
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- Create team
- Retrieve teams
- Update team details
- Delete team
Examples
Use templates to quickly create flows for Trello
Learn how to use App Connect templates to quickly create flows that complete actions on Trello. For example, open the Templates gallery, and then search for Trello.
