Cloud Elements supports events via polling or webhooks depending on the API provider. For more information about our Events framework, see Events Overview.
Supported Events and Resources
Cloud Elements supports webhook events for Microsoft Graph. After receiving an event, Cloud Elements standardizes the payload and sends an event to the configured callback URL of your authenticated element instance. For more information about webhooks at Microsoft including the currently available webhooks, see their webhooks documentation.
Configure Webhooks Through the UI
To configure webhooks through the UI, follow the same steps to authenticate an element instance, and then turn on events. For more information, see Authenticate an Element Instance with Events (UI) or the element-specific authentication topic.
Configure Webhooks Through API
Use the /instances
endpoint to authenticate with Microsoft and create an element instance with webhooks enabled.
To authenticate an element instance with webhooks:
- Get an authorization grant code by completing the steps in Getting a redirect URL and Authenticating users and receiving the authorization grant code.
Construct a JSON body as shown below (see Parameters):
{ "element": { "key": "microsoftgraph" }, "providerData": { "code": "<AUTHORIZATION_GRANT_CODE>" }, "configuration": { "oauth.callback.url": "<CALLBACK_URL>", "oauth.api.key": "<CONSUMER_KEY>", "oauth.api.secret": "<CONSUMER_SECRET>", "oauth.scope": "Calendars.Read Calendars.ReadWrite offline_access", "event.notification.enabled": true, "event.notification.callback.url": "<CALLBACK_URL>" }, "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
andid
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": "microsoftgraph"
},
"providerData": {
"code": "xoz8AFqScK2ngM04kSSM"
},
"configuration": {
"oauth.callback.url": "https://mycoolapp.com",
"oauth.api.key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"oauth.api.secret": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
"oauth.scope": "Calendars.Read Calendars.ReadWrite offline_access",
"event.notification.enabled": true,
"event.notification.callback.url": "https://mycoolapp.com/events"
},
"tags": [
"Docs"
],
"name": "API Instance"
}'
Parameters
API parameters not shown in the Cloud Elements are in code formatting
.
Parameter | Description | Data Type |
---|---|---|
key | The element key. microsoftgraph | string |
code | The authorization grant code returned from the API provider in an OAuth 2.0 authentication workflow. Cloud Elements uses the code to retrieve the OAuth access and refresh tokens from the endpoint. | string |
Namename | The name of the element instance created during authentication. | Body |
oauth.api.key | The API key or client ID obtained from registering your app with the provider. This is the Key Name that you recorded in API Provider Setup. | string |
oauth.api.secret | The client secret obtained from registering your app with the API provider. This is the Secret Name that you recorded in API Provider Setup. | string |
oauth.callback.url | The URL that the API provider returns a user to after they authorize access. This is the Callback URL Name that you recorded in API Provider Setup. | string |
Events Enabledevent.notification.enabled | Optional. Identifies that events are enabled for the element instance. Default: false . | boolean |
Event Notification Callback URLevent.notification.callback.url | The URL where you want Cloud Elements to send the events. | string |
Event Notification Signature Keyevent.notification.signature.key | Optional. A user-defined key for added security to show that events have not been tampered with. | string |
tags | Optional. User-defined tags to further identify the instance. | string |