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SAP Build Apps - API integration - OAuth2/Bearer Token

ACurtis
Explorer

‎10-11-2023 2:59 PM

I have an API to call and it uses OAuth2 / Bearer Token to authenticate the call.

The SAP Build Apps/Data/Create Data Entity allows a REST API entry but it does not have an entry for OAuth2.

I guess it could use a variable in the HTTP Header parameters but that means somewhere in my App I need to generate a Token and pass it.

Another option is OData integration, this has an Authentication Type for "Bearer Token", but it looks like the entry is a static value. Is it a variable and again how would I populate the variable?

the third option is a SAP BTP destination REST API. This uses a preconfigured BTP Destination. We can use this and the Token is generated by the Destination config, (so I don't have to think about it). But then its available to all the other BTP users which is a security risk.

Does anyone know how I should be setting up a Data Connection to an external API that needs OAuth2 authentication?

Thanks

Andy

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merituulimelkko
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert

‎10-13-2023 1:35 PM

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I was looking at some blogs to find an answer to this, and as far as I can tell, there are some ways to accomplish this. See for example this blog and this sample in github.