Salesforce Chatter Connector 12.13

# Configure OAuth Authentication

This section describes how to obtain OAuth tokens, which the connector needs to retrieve content from Salesforce Chatter.

NOTE: There is no need to complete this procedure if you ran the OAuth configuration tool when the connector was installed.

To obtain OAuth tokens

1. Open the folder where you installed the connector.
2. Open the file `oauth_tool.cfg` in a text editor.

3. In the `[Default]` section, specify any SSL or proxy settings necessary to connect to Salesforce Chatter:

   `SSLMethod` | The version of SSL/TLS to use.
   `ProxyHost` | The host name or IP address of the proxy server that the connector must use.
   `ProxyPort` | The port of the proxy server that the connector must use.

   For example:

       SSLMethod=NEGOTIATE
       ProxyHost=10.0.0.1
       ProxyPort=8080

4. In the `[OAuthTool]` section, set the following parameters:

   `AppKey` | The application key you obtained when you created the application to represent the connector.
   `AppSecret` | The application secret you obtained when you created the application to represent the connector.
   `RedirectURL` | The URL at which the OAuth tool will run. For example, `http://localhost:7878/oauth`. This must match the address you specified when you created the application to represent the connector.

5. Save and close the file.

6. Open a command-line window and run `oauth_tool.exe`.

   Your default web browser opens to the Salesforce Chatter web site. The web page asks you to authorize the connector to access Salesforce Chatter.

7. Authorize the application. You must use the username and password of an account that has permission to view everything that you want to ingest.

   Salesforce Chatter provides the OAuth tokens, and the OAuth configuration tool creates a file named `oauth.cfg`. This contains the parameters that the connector requires to authenticate with Salesforce Chatter. These parameters are automatically included in the connector configuration file, because the connector configuration file includes the following line to import the parameters into the `[MyTask]` section:

       [MyTask] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

   For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File. The OAuth tool also prints the parameters it has set to the command-line window so that you can set these directly in the connector's configuration file if you prefer.

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Version 12.13 | Last updated October 2022

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Product: IDOL Salesforce Chatter Connector 12.13

Topic Title: Configure OAuth Authentication