External Application

To add external application with it's unique master secret token

To add external app, User need to login with Admin Role.

Go to Admin Settings -> Ext App Registration menu from sidebar.

Click on New button to add new external application.

Add any alphanumeric string without any special character (only - and _ is allowed) as external application name, which will help in generating media logs.

After add description, need to click on Generate Secret Token button, to generate new secret token for current external app.

After successfully generating the token, a success message will appear in a popup. Users can copy the secret token using the 'Copy Secret Token' button. Since this secret key is not displayed elsewhere, it must be copied from this modal popup. If the popup is closed or the user is unable to copy the token, a new token must be generated. Remember, this token is required for API calls to generate an access token.

After close popup of secret token, user can close form by clicking on close Editing button.

To edit exiting app, just select any row from list of applications, then click on header edit button to open form in edit mode.

Here, user can view all access token which are generated against this external apps master secrete token, just click on All Associated Temp Tokens tab, it will open list of all access keys.

After editing is complete, the user can click on the 'Update Secret Token' button to save the changes on the server, or click on the 'Close Editing' button to discard any local changes. Please note, clicking on 'Update Secret Token' will generate a new token, overwriting the existing one. "

After clicking the 'Update Secret Token' button, a confirmation popup will appear. If you click 'Update Secret Token' in the popup, a new token will be generated, which can then be copied from the success message in the popup (same as new generation). Remember, this newly updated token is required for API calls to generate an access token, as calls with the old secret key will fail. Therefore, it needs to be updated everywhere new access tokens are generated through API calls. Previously generated access tokens will continue to work as before until the secret key is disabled or the access token expires.

To disable the application and all associated tokens, select the 'Disable Application' option and click on 'Update Secret Token.' This action will disable the current external application, and all links using tokens generated for this app will be blocked.

Confirmation dialog box with warning message.

Success message will be displayed after received success from server.

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