Authenticate with Evernote

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

Authenticate Through the UI

Use the UI to authenticate with Evernote and create a Evernote element instance. During authentication will need to sign in to Evernote as part of the process.

To authenticate an element instance:

1. Sign in to Cloud Elements, and then search for Evernote in our Elements Catalog.
2. Hover over the element card, and then click Authenticate.
3. Enter a name for the element instance.
4. In Evernote OAuth API Key and Evernote OAuth API Secret, enter the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret that you recorded in API Provider Setup.
5. If authenticating with a Sandbox account for testing, select True in Evernote Sandbox.
6. Optionally show the optional parameters and select to enable document tagging and how to handle null responses.
7. Optionally type or select one or more Element Instance Tags to add to the authenticated element instance.
8. Click Create Instance.
9. Provide your Evernote credentials, and then allow the connection.

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 instance endpoint. The end result is the same, though: an authenticated element instance with a token and id.

Authenticating through API follows a multi-step OAuth process that involves:

• Getting an OAuth token. Request the token and secret to be used in later steps.
• Getting an OAuth URL. Use the token from the previous step to request a URL to redirect your users to. After they authenticate through this URL, you receive and oauth_token and oauth_verifier to use in the next step.
• Authenticating the element instance. Using the secret returned in step one, along with the oauth_token and oauth_verifier returned in step two to authenticate with the API Provider to create an element instance at Cloud Elements.

Getting an OAuth Token

Use the following API call to request a secret and token. Replace {keyOrId} with the element key, evernote.

curl -X GET /elements/{keyOrId}/oauth/token?apiKey=<api_key>&apiSecret=<api_secret>&callbackUrl=<url>&siteAddress=<url>

Query Parameters

Example cURL

curl -X GET \
'https://api.cloud-elements.com/elements/api-v2/elements/evernote/oauth/token?apiKey=Rand0MAP1-key&apiSecret=fak3AP1-s3Cr3t&callbackUrl=https:%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycoolapp.com%2auth' \

Example Response

Use the oauthUrl in the response to allow users to authenticate with the vendor.

{
    "secret": "4006B6SU5ZJ55RBUWN58OZVPE",
    "token": "evernoteALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7FDSI4MAGPRF0161RPQYBALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7ALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7"
}

Getting an OAuth URL

Use the following API call to request a redirect URL where the user can authenticate with the API provider. Replace {keyOrId} with the element key, evernote.

GET /elements/{keyOrId}/oauth/url?apiKey=<api_key>&apiSecret=<api_secret>&callbackUrl=<url>&siteAddress=<url>&scope=false&requestToken=<oauth_token RECEIVED IN PREVIOUS STEP>

Query Parameters

Example cURL

curl -X GET
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'
'https://api.cloud-elements.com/elements/api-v2/elements/evernote/oauth/url?apiKey=fake_api_key&apiSecret=fake_api_secret&callbackUrl=https://httpbin.org/get&scope=false&requestToken=evernoteALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7FDSI4MAGPRF0161RPQYBALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7ALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7'

Example Response

Use the oauthUrl in the response to allow users to authenticate with the vendor.

{
  "oauthUrl": "https://sandbox.evernote.com/OAuth.action?oauth_token=evernoteALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7FDSI4MAGPRF0161RPQYBALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7ALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7",
  "element": "box"
}

Authenticating the Element Instance

Use the secret from step one and the oauth_token and oauth_verifier returned in step two to make a request to the /instances endpoint to authenticate an element instance.

To authenticate an element instance:

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

     {
       "element": {
         "key": "evernote"
       },
       "providerData": {
         "secret": "<From Step 1>",
         "oauth_token": "<From Step 1>",
         "oauth_verifier": "<From Return URL>"
       },
       "configuration": {
         "oauth.api.key": "<INSERT_EVERNOTE_CONSUMER_KEY>",
         "oauth.api.secret": "<INSERT_EVERNOTE_CONSUMER_SECRET>",
         "oauth.request.url": "https://evernote.com",
         "oauth.callback.url": "<INSERT_CALLBACK_URL>",
         "evernote.sandbox": "https://sandbox.evernote.com"
       },
       "tags": [
         "<INSERT_TAGS>"
       ],
       "name": "<INSERT_INSTANCE_NAME>"
     }
   

   {
     "element": {
       "key": "evernote"
     },
     "providerData": {
       "secret": "<From Step 1>",
       "oauth_token": "<From Step 1>",
       "oauth_verifier": "<From Return URL>"
     },
     "configuration": {
       "oauth.api.key": "<Evernote app Consumer Key>",
       "oauth.api.secret": "<Evernote app Consumer Secret>",
       "oauth.callback.url": "<Evernote app Callback URL Name >",
       "oauth.request.url": "<https://evernote.com or https://sandbox.evernote.com>",
       "evernote.sandbox": "<true or false>"
     },
     "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": "evernote"
  },
  "providerData": {
    "secret": "15D1CFxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "oauth_token": "evernoteALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7FDSI4MAGPRF0161RPQYBALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7ALG86K3XCI190U9VDER7",
    "oauth_verifier": "Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  },
  "configuration": {
    "oauth.callback.url": "https;//mycoolapp.com",
    "oauth.api.key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "oauth.api.secret": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "oauth.request.url": "https://sandbox.evernote.com",
    "evernote.sandbox": "true"
  },
  "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": "2018-01-22T20:55:08Z",
  "token": "ABC/Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "element": {
        "id": 125,
        "name": "Evernote",
        "hookName": "Evernote",
        "key": "evernote",
        "description": "Add an Evernote Instance to connect your existing Evernote account to the Cloud Storage and Documents Hub, allowing you to manage files and folders. You will need your Evernote account information to add an instance.",
        "image": "elements/provider_evernote.png",
        "active": true,
        "deleted": false,
        "typeOauth": true,
        "trialAccount": false,
        "configDescription": "Evernote configuration",
        "transformationsEnabled": false,
        "bulkDownloadEnabled": false,
        "bulkUploadEnabled": false,
        "cloneable": false,
        "extendable": false,
        "beta": false,
        "authentication": {
            "type": "oauth2"
        },
        "extended": false,
        "hub": "documents",
        "protocolType": "http",
        "parameters": [],
        "private": false
    },
    "elementId": 125,
    "tags": [
        "Docs"
    ],
    "provisionInteractions": [],
    "valid": true,
    "disabled": false,
    "maxCacheSize": 0,
    "cacheTimeToLive": 0,
    "providerData": {   },
    "configuration": {   },
    "eventsEnabled": false,
    "traceLoggingEnabled": false,
    "cachingEnabled": false,
    "externalAuthentication": "none",
    "user": {
        "id": 3306,
        "emailAddress": "claude.elements@cloud-elements.com",
        "firstName": "Claude",
        "lastName": "Elements"
      }
}