Authenticate with Oracle Taleo

You can authenticate with Oracle Taleo to create your own instance of the Taleo Business Edition element through the UI or through APIs. Once authenticated, you can use the element instance to access the different functionality offered by the Oracle Taleo platform.

Authenticate Through the UI

Use the UI to authenticate with Oracle Taleo and create an element instance. You will need your user name that you identified in API Provider Setup.

If you are configuring events, see the Events section.

To authenticate an element instance:

1. Sign in to Cloud Elements, and then search for Taleo Business Edition in our Elements Catalog.
2. Hover over the element card, and then click Authenticate.
3. Enter a name for the element instance.
4. In Taleo Company Code enter the Oracle Taleo Company Code that you identified in API Provider Setup.
5. In Taleo Username and Taleo Password enter the Oracle Taleo user name and password that you identified in API Provider Setup. Format Taleo Username as username@company_code.
6. Optionally type or select one or more Element Instance Tags to add to the authenticated element instance.
7. Click Create Instance.

After successfully authenticating, we give you several options for next steps. Make requests using the API docs associated with the instance, map the instance to a virtual data resource, or use it in a formula template.

Authenticate Through API

Authenticating through API is similar to authenticating via the UI. Instead of clicking and typing through a series of buttons, text boxes, and menus, you will instead send a request to our /instances endpoint. The end result is the same, though: an authenticated element instance with a token and id.

To authenticate an element instance:

1. Construct a JSON body as shown below (see Parameters):

   {
     "element": {
       "key": "taleobusiness"
     },
     "configuration": {
       "username": "<Oracle Taleo user name>",
       "password": "<Oracle Taleo password>",
       "taleo.company.code": "<Oracle Taleo company code>"
     },
     "tags": [
       "<Add_Your_Tag>"
     ],
     "name": "<INSTANCE_NAME>"
   }
   

2. Call the following, including the JSON body you constructed in the previous step:

   POST /instances
   

   Note: Make sure that you include the User and Organization keys in the header. See the Overview for details.

3. Locate the token and id in the response and save them for all future requests using the element instance.

Example cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://api.cloud-elements.com/elements/api-v2/instances \
  -H 'authorization: User <USER_SECRET>, Organization <ORGANIZATION_SECRET>' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "element": {
    "key": "taleobusiness"
  },
  "configuration": {
    "username": "claude@CLOUDELEMENTS",
    "password": "<P@SSW0RD>",
    "taleo.company.code": "CLOUDELEMENTS"
  },
  "tags": [
    "Docs"
  ],
  "name": "API Instance"
}'

Parameters

API parameters not shown in Cloud Elements are in code formatting.

Example Response for an Authenticated Element Instance

In this example, the instance ID is 12345 and the instance token starts with "ABC/D...". The actual values returned to you will be unique: make sure you save them for future requests to this new instance.

{
  "id":12345,
  "name":"API Instance",
  "createdDate":"2018-05-01T15:33:36Z",
  "token":"ABC/Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=",
  "element":{
    "id":6157,
    "name":"Taleo Business Edition",
    "key":"taleobusiness",
    "description":"Connect your Taleo Business Edition account to manage accounts, candidates, employees, & requisitions for your recruiting and human resources processes.",
    "image":"https://images.cloudelements.io/Taleo_Symbol201801182318.jpg",
    "active":false,
    "deleted":false,
    "typeOauth":false,
    "trialAccount":false,
    "resources":[  ],
    "transformationsEnabled":true,
    "bulkDownloadEnabled":true,
    "bulkUploadEnabled":true,
    "cloneable":true,
    "extendable":true,
    "beta":false,
    "authentication":{
      "type":"basic"
    },
    "extended":false,
    "hub":"humancapital",
    "protocolType":"http",
    "parameters":[  ],
    "private":false
  },
  "elementId":6157,
  "tags":[
    "Docs"
  ],
  "provisionInteractions":[

  ],
  "valid":true,
  "disabled":false,
  "maxCacheSize":0,
  "cacheTimeToLive":0,
  "configuration":{  },
  "eventsEnabled":false,
  "traceLoggingEnabled":false,
  "cachingEnabled":false,
  "externalAuthentication":"none",
  "user":{
    "id":175127,
    "emailAddress":"docs@cloud-elements.com",
    "firstName":"Docs",
    "lastName":"CloudElements"
  }
}