Obtaining connection values for Front

About this task

This topic provides instructions for obtaining the connection values for the Front connector.

Procedure

  1. Log in to your Front account.
  2. To generate an API token, complete the following steps:
    1. Click the Settings icon.
    2. Click Developers on the sidebar.

      The Developers page opens.

    3. Go to the API Tokens tab, and then click the Create API token button.
    4. Specify a name for the API token field and select the necessary scopes for the token from the drop-down list.
    5. Click Create.
    6. Copy the API token value and save it somewhere safe.
    Tip: For more information about generating an API token, see API tokens on the Front documentation page.
  3. To generate the client ID, client secret, access token, and refresh token, complete the following steps:
    1. Click the Settings icon.
    2. Click Developers on the sidebar.

      The Developers page appears.

    3. Under the All apps tab, click the Create app button.
    4. Specify an application name and provide a short description.
    5. Click Create.

      The application page opens.

    6. Click the OAuth tab.
    7. Copy the Client ID and Client secret values and save them somewhere safe.
    8. To generate an access token and refresh token, see OAuth on the Front documentation page.
    Tip: For more information about generating a client ID, client secret, access token, and refresh token, see Create, manage, and publish apps and API tokens on the Front documentation page.