Bynder
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Bynder Technical Notes
Description
The Bynder Component facilitates interaction with the Bynder API. This version of the component has been tested with API as of the date 2024-04
.
Credentials
To embark on building any integration flow, the initial step involves creating an app by following these steps:
- Go to
Portal settings
in the top right corner. - From the left menu select
OAuth Apps
. - Press
Add new app
button. - Fill in the required fields:
- Application name - Assign any desired name.
- Integration -
Others ->> Others
. - Select grant type -
Authorization Code + Refresh Token
. - Authorization redirect URI’s as
https://{your-tenant-address}/callback/oauth2
, where{your-tenant-address}
is the domain of the integration platform.
- Select scopes - select needed scopes,
current.user:read
is required to successfully verify credentials in the component. - Press
Register application
button. - Save your
Client ID
andClient Secret
- they will be needed for component credentials.Note: To be able to enable this feature in your portal you need to have the role of Customer Success Manager.
More information about OAuth App creation can be found here.
With the app created, proceed to new credentials for the component:
- Type (dropdown, required) - OAuth2.
- Choose Auth Client (dropdown, required) - choose from previously created clients or select
Add New Auth Client
:- Name (string, required) - Assign any desired name.
- Client ID (string, required) - Enter the Client ID found in your app.
- Client Secret (string, required) - Enter the Client Secret from your app.
- Authorization Endpoint (string, required) - OAuth2 authorization endpoint
https://{your-bynder-domain}/v6/authentication/oauth2/auth
, where{your-bynder-domain}
is the domain of your Bynder installation. - Token Endpoint (string, required) - Refresh token endpoint
https://{your-bynder-domain}/v6/authentication/oauth2/token
, where{your-bynder-domain}
is the domain of your Bynder installation.
- Name Your Credential (string, required) - Put any name you prefer.
- Scopes (Comma-separated list) (string, required) - Specify a space-separated list of the scopes to access your Bynder objects and additional
offline
parameter, for example:offline current.user:read asset:read asset:write collection:read
. For more information on scopes, click here. To successfully verify credentials, a minimum ofoffline current.user:read
is required. Be careful with spaces between scopes - there should be only one. - Additional parameters (Comma-separated list) (string, required) - Leave this field blank.
- Base URL (string, required) - The domain of your Bynder installation, example:
https://your-bynder-domain.bynder.com/
Triggers
Get New and Updated Objects Polling
Retrieve all the updated or created objects within a given time range.
Configuration Fields
- Object Type - (dropdown, required): Type of object to poll on. Currently supported only
Assets
- Timestamp field to poll on - (dropdown, optional): Select the date field to track changes.
- Emit behavior - (dropdown, optional): Indicates emit objects behavior -
Emit individually
(by default) orEmit page
. - Size of Polling Page - (optional, positive integer, defaults to 100, max 100): Indicates the size of pages to be fetched.
- Start Time - (string, optional): The timestamp, in ISO8601 format, to start polling from (inclusive). The default value is the beginning of time (January 1, 1970 at 00:00.000).
Input Metadata
None.
Output Metadata
- For
Fetch page
: An object with key results that has an array as its value. - For
Emit Individually
: Each object fills the entire message.
Actions
Delete Object By ID
Delete a single object using its ID.
Configuration Fields
- Object Type - (string, required): The type of object to delete. The currently supported types are:
User
Asset
Metaproperty
Collection
Input Metadata
- ID Value - (string, required): The ID of the object to delete.
Output Metadata
Returns the id of the object that was deleted.
Lookup Object By ID
Retrieve a single object using its ID.
Configuration Fields
- Object Type - (string, required): The type of object to look up. The currently supported types are:
User
.Asset
.Asset content
.Metaproperty
.Collection
.
Input Metadata
- ID Value - (string, required): The ID of the object to look up.
Output Metadata
Returns an object with the result of the lookup. If the Asset content
type is selected, the result will include attachmentUrl
, which is a link to the file stored within the platform’s internal storage (Maester).
Known Limitations
- Due to the limited Bynder API documentation that does not provide a full overview of the API objects, the output metadata available by clicking the
Generate Stub Sample
button, might be limited to the fields described in the samples provided in the documentation at the moment of the initial component build.
Lookup Objects (Plural)
Lookup a set of objects based on a defined list of criteria. The results can be emitted in different ways.
Configuration Fields
- Object Type - (dropdown, required): The type of object to look up. The currently supported types are:
- Users
- Groups
- Asset content
- Metaproperties
- Tags
- Collections
- Assets
- Emit Behavior - (dropdown, required): Specifies how the resulting objects will be emitted, either as
Emit All
orEmit Individually
.
Input Metadata
A dynamically generated list of available criteria.
Output Metadata
For Emit All
mode: An object with the key results
, which contains an array as its value. In some cases there may be additional keys with information, for example if you use Assets
as Object Type and set Include Count
as true, there will be additional key count
.
For Emit Individually
mode: Each object fills the entire message.
Upsert Object
This action either updates an existing object or creates a new one.
Configuration Fields
- Operation - (dropdown, required): Choose the operation to perform - either
Update
orCreate
. - Object Type - (dropdown, required): Select the type of object to update or create. The currently supported types are:
User
Asset
Metaproperty
Collection
Input Metadata
Fields are dynamically generated based on the selected Object Type
.
If the Operation
is set to Update
, an additional field will appear:
- {Object Type} ID - (string, required): The ID of the object to update.
Output Metadata
The result object from the create or update operation.
Make Raw Request
Allows for the execution of custom requests using the Bynder REST API directly.
Configuration Fields
- Don’t throw an error on 404 Response - (optional, boolean): Configures the handling of 404 HTTP responses as non-errors. The default is
false
.
Input Metadata
- Url - (string, required): The relative path of the resource, appended to the base URL that was provided in the credentials.
- Method - (string, required): Specifies the HTTP method for the request.
- Request Body - (object, optional): The body content for the request.
Output Metadata
- Status Code - (number, required): The HTTP response status code.
- HTTP headers - (object, required): The response’s HTTP headers.
- Response Body - (object, optional): The body of the HTTP response.