Sage CRM Authenticate an Element | Cloud Elements Help Center

You can authenticate with Sage CRM to create your own instance of the Sage CRM element through the UI or through APIs. Once authenticated, you can use the element instance to access the different functionality offered by the Sage CRM platform.

Authenticate Through the UI

Use the UI to authenticate with Sage CRM and create an element instance as described in Authenticate an Element Instance (UI). In addition to the base authentication parameters, you will need the credentials that you identified in API Provider Setup.

After successfully authenticating, we give you several options for next steps. Make requests using the API docs associated with the instance, map the instance to a virtual data resource, or use it in a formula template.

Authenticate Through API

Use the /instances endpoint to authenticate with Sage CRM and create an element instance. If you are configuring events, see the Events section.

Note: The endpoint returns an element instance token and id upon successful completion. Retain the token and id for all subsequent requests involving this element instance.

To create an element instance:

Construct a JSON body as shown below (see Parameters):

{
  "element": {
    "key": "sagecrm"
  },
  "configuration": {
    "subdomain": "sagecrm-0.<YOUR_TENANT>.com",
    "username": "<YOUR_USERNAME>",
    "password": "<YOUR_PASSWORD>"
  },
  "tags": [
    "<Add_Your_Tag>"
  ],
  "name": "<INSTANCE_NAME>"
}

Call the following, including the JSON body you constructed in the previous step:
```
POST /instances
```
Note: Make sure that you include the User and Organization keys in the header. For more information, see Authorization Headers, Organization Secret, and User Secret.
Locate the token and id in the response and save them for all future requests using the element instance.

Example cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://api.cloud-elements.com/elements/api-v2/instances \
  -H 'authorization: User <USER_SECRET>, Organization <ORGANIZATION_SECRET>' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "element": {
    "key": "sagecrm"
    },
    "configuration": {
        "subdomain": "sagecrm-0.cloud-elements.com",
        "username": "XXXXXX",
        "password": "XXXXXXXXXX"
    },
    "tags": [
     "Docs"
    ],
    "name": "SageCRM"
  }
  '

Parameters

API parameters not shown in Cloud Elements are in code formatting.

Note: Event related parameters are described in Events.

Parameter	Description	Data Type
'key'	The element key. sagecrm	string
Name `name`	The name for the element instance created during authentication.	string
Subdomain `subdomain`	The subdomain portion of your Sage CRM URL, excluding HTTPS://	string
Username `username`	Your Sage CRM user name.	string
Password `password`	Your Sage CRM password.	string
tags	Optional. User-defined tags to further identify the instance.	string

Example Response

{
  "id": 427902,
  "name": "SageCRM",
  "createdDate": "2017-06-12T14:09:00Z",
  "token": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "element": {
      "id": 3641,
      "name": "Sage CRM",
      "key": "sagecrm",
      "description": "Add a Sage CRM  Instance to connect your existing Sage account to the SageCRM Hub, allowing you to manage accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, and users, etc. across multiple Sage elements. You will need your Sage CRM account information to add an instance.",
      "image": "/elements/provider_sagecrm.png",
      "active": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "typeOauth": false,
      "trialAccount": false,
      "resources": [ ]
      "transformationsEnabled": true,
      "bulkDownloadEnabled": true,
      "bulkUploadEnabled": true,
      "cloneable": true,
      "extendable": false,
      "beta": false,
      "authentication": {
          "type": "basic"
        },
      "extended": false,
      "hub": "crm",
      "protocolType": "http",
      "parameters": [],
      "private": false
    },
    "elementId": 3641,
    "provisionInteractions": [],
    "valid": true,
    "disabled": false,
    "maxCacheSize": 0,
    "cacheTimeToLive": 0,
    "configuration":  {
        "base.url": "https://{subdomain}/sdata/crmj/sagecrm2/-",
        "bulk.add_metadata": null,
        "bulk.query.field_name": "replaceMe",
        "pagination.max": "200",
        "bulk.accounts.attribute.created_time": "Comp_UpdatedDate",
        "event.vendor.type": "polling",
        "bulk.query.operator": ">=",
        "bulk.query.date_mask": "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'",
        "bulk.query.download_format": "JSON",
        "password": "********",
        "bulk.contacts.attribute.created_time": "Pers_UpdatedDate",
        "pagination.type": "cursor",
        "bulk.relations": null,
        "event.poller.refresh_interval": "15",
        "event.notification.callback.url": null,
        "subdomain": "sagecrm-0.cloud-elements.com",
        "bulk.leads.attribute.created_time": "Lead_UpdatedDate",
        "bulk.users.attribute.created_time": "User_UpdatedDate",
        "bulk.opportunities.attribute.created_time": "Oppo_UpdatedDate",
        "bulk.query.update": "true",
        "event.poller.configuration": "{ }",
        "username": "xxxxx",
        "event.notification.enabled": "false"
    },
    "eventsEnabled": false,
    "traceLoggingEnabled": false,
    "cachingEnabled": false,
    "externalAuthentication": "none",
    "user": {
        "id": 160673
    }
}