Connect Carton Cloud in Bold BI via REST API

The Generic Web data source can be utilized to establish a connection between Carton Cloud and Bold BI through REST API.

Steps to connect Carton Cloud via the WEB API

1. Obtain the client ID and client secret from Carton Cloud by referring to this link: https://help.cartoncloud.com/help/s/article/API-Clients.
2. Create a Web API data source to retrieve the access token by performing the following actions:
   • Set the URL to https://api.cartoncloud.com/uaa/oauth/token.
   • Choose the POST method.
   • Set the parameters as follows:
     • grant_type: client_credentials.
   • Set the headers as follows:
     • Accept-Version: 1.
     • Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
     • Authentication type: Basic.
     • Username: Your client ID.
     • Password: Client secret.
3. Create the data source and save the access token in the dashboard parameter.
   • Configure the dashboard parameter as shown in the image below:
     
     
4. Save the data source.

5. Then, create another Web API data source for Carton Cloud endpoint.
6. Here we will retrieve data from the Transport endpoint - https://api.cartoncloud.com/tenants/{tenantId}/products
   • Obtain the tenant ID from Carton Cloud.
   • Set the URL to https://api.cartoncloud.com/tenants/57b1672e-ee44-461c-aa05-5001ac1f2302/products.
   • Choose the GET method.
   • Set the headers as follows:
     • Accept-Version: 1.
     • Authorization: Bearer @{{:carton token.Parameter1}}
   • Choose None for authentication.

7. Create the data source and save it.
8. Utilize the data source to create dashboards.

Additional References

• Web data source in Bold BI
• Dashboard parameter in Bold BI