To benefit from external APIs in your operations, you need to define your data sources. You need to provide the URL, the test endpoint and authorization parameters for the data source. The test endpoint is used to understand whether the connection in successfull. The app sends a GET request to the provided test endpoint and if it gets a response code 2xx, the connection is successfull.
Below are the step-by-step instructions on how to create it.
1. Go to the 'Data Source' tab located at the top and click on the 'Create data source' button.
2. Please fill in the required fields. After entering information about your API, you can test the connection using the available endpoints. You can then use these endpoints on the advanced configuration type when defining external parameters. If you would like to learn more about the advanced configuration type, please click here.
3. If the test returns a success result, you can proceed with creating your data source. If there is an error, please double-check the fields you filled in and try again.
The app sends request to your external APIs over Atlassian servers. If your external APIs are protected, you need to follow the instructions in https://support.atlassian.com/organization-administration/docs/ip-addresses-and-domains-for-atlassian-cloud-products/ to provide access to the requests coming from the IP ranges of Atlassian servers.
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