This is our first time connecting HubSpot with an outside software platform.
Assuming the outside platform already has the middleware and will be pushing data into HubSpot through the HubSpot API, is the main HubSpot-side requirement just creating a Private App access token with the correct scopes?
Assuming the contact properties already exist, the internal property names are correct, and the outside platform is formatting the data correctly for HubSpot, is there anything else we need to configure in HubSpot before testing?
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Hey @SteveHTM, @MichaelMa, @GRajput -- Do you have any suggestions for @Mellenology on this?
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Sam, Community Manager
@Mellenology - Yes, you have it more of less right. To make any API experiments you need the access token defined with appropriate scopes. It’s naming approach has evolved to ‘Service Keys’ rather than Private/Legacy Apps - but the usage pattern is the same when you use the token in an an API call header.
As you say, make sure you have defined all custom properties necessary for your application, be aware of the internal names and types of the properties you want to access/fill’ and then undertake some experiments to establish a framework.
Note that if you are importing a lot of data, you will need to be aware of the rate limits of the APIs, perhaps consider using batch calls rather than the API basic individual objects.
I’m sure this will all seems natural very quickly.
Steve