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How to access API using hubl

jillii — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:20:41 GMT

Hello, I am trying to translate the following into hubl, so I can use it in a custom module. What this code does is it gets the current user's ID to extract data about them. Ultimately I am trying to figure out what Lists the current user is on.

$user_id = $_COOKIE['hubspotutk']; $url = "https://api.hubapi.com/contacts/v1/contact/utk/" . $user_id . "/profile"; $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [ 'Authorization: Bearer pat-na1-XXXXX-XXX-XXX-XXXX-XXXXXX', 'Content-Type: application/json' ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); $data = json_decode($response, true);

I've removed the autorization code for privacy.

Re: How to access API using hubl

Kevin-C — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:50:28 GMT

Hey @jillii

So HUBL is a subset of Jinja, which is a templating language. By defenition templating languages do not have the ability to make http request. In your case you've got a few options:

if the user is cookied via form you can use the HUBL {{ contact }} variable to access basic information about the contact like email, name, and id.
you can use the ID from the above with JS to make an API call to a serverless function or external server to retrieve more data from the contact record

I would also nudge you to check out the available HUBL functions.

Hope this gets you moving!

Best

Re: How to access API using hubl

jillii — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:57:36 GMT

This is a great answer. My only follow up question is: wouldn't I need my private app key to access data with an API call - in which case using js would make it available on the frontend? That seems like a huge security risk.. or am I missing something?

Re: How to access API using hubl

Kevin-C — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:00:48 GMT

@jillii

Yes you would, and this is where the serverless function/lambda comes into play. By running that request in a secure environment that has access to your auth you avoid security issues.

So your flow would be something like:

page loads
module JS makes request to serverless function
serverless function makes authentiated request to hubspot and return the needed data

Re: How to access API using hubl

jillii — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:15:32 GMT

Aha, that makes sense. Could you please provide an example of that workflow?