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POST
/
poweredby
/
connection
/
create
Create Connection
curl --request POST \
  --url https://cloud.cdata.com/api/poweredby/connection/create \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "dataSource": "ExcelOnline",
  "redirectURL": "https://www.google.com",
  "name": "ExcelConnection"
}
'
{
  "redirectURL": "https://cloud.cdata.com/oem/user/connections/edit?token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IlNJdTlCdjVjWU1HMDRMYW84YXh3T0E2Nlk5UVlBV0dQd05YeTA5Q1hlY3MiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.Yjph-6HkExJ3eIc3d2pgjZUYMx-GvYcCuuRx8NfKBXkCo_LHZdg8Hn9tcYDr4dEUuL8JTFMzNVgLa-KMQ9PNFmF-R43LSEY3rPXw0iI-9AjYiWOf_fqZe79b-8ig-gnHRKYtHyohVbB4JoXKcICitNBW58gvxc3w7D6XkykAAKRugvVdTJYsaYOwcHar8J7hxtUYaiwmNfP11xo-i1HFkxubUbi3OXr02eGURXidSCAgDxEL7wEXFjLAIxN4sXvbNiAy_OVNSUYnjEhJNxRJiDD7-XZbSVK-Uw68ohv3h4HPnVCKW8DSRWOGhu6kZ_yMQ0buI8qli3tt_YONyAazhw&driver=ExcelOnline&redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com"
}

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

JWT token authentication. Include the token in the Authorization header as 'Bearer '.

Body

application/json
​
redirectURL
string
required

The URL to redirect the customer once the customer has created the connection through the Connect AI UI.

​
dataSource
string | null

(Optional) The type of data source (For example: Snowflake, ActOn, or Salesforce). You can obtain data source names from List Connections. If you omit this parameter, the user can select from a list of available data sources.

​
name
string | null

(Optional) If provided, the connection name.

Response

200 - application/json

A string containing the URL to redirect the user to.

​
redirectURL
string
required

A string containing the URL to redirect the user to.