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Reco leverages business context to protect sensitive assets shared through Slack, Jira, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and more

Creating a Reco connection​

To create the connection you need:

  • An API token
  • An API address

Obtaining the credentials​

Obtain the API token from the authorization on the website. Open the browser Developer tools and inspect network requests to extract the value out of the request headers.

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The instructions are for Google Chrome, but most major browsers are similar.

  1. Open your Reco workspace dashboard.

  2. Right click anywhere on the page and select Inspect.

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  3. In the developer console, select Network.

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  4. With the network tab open, click the Inventory page in Reco.

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  5. The developer console shows a list of API requests. Select the request named tables. Click its name to view the request details.

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  6. In the request headers, you should see a header called authorization. Your API Token is the value of this header, after the word Bearer.

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  7. You can also obtain your workspace URL from this tab. Make sure to only take the domain name.

Creating your connection​

  1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
  2. Select the Reco icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appears.
  3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
  4. Select API Token as the method to create the connection.
  5. Fill in the parameters:
    • The API token
    • The API address
  6. (Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
  7. Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.