I am new to creating custom connectors and need some help creating a connector for Xero. I was able to connect using Postman but can't seem to get the settings correct on the Power Platform Custom Connector.
Can someone tell me what the parameters should be for the Security tab. No matter what I try will not connect to Xero.
When I try to Test the connection get error 500
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Figured it out. I needed to copy the Redirect URL from the Custom Connector to my XERO Redirect URL
Figured it out. I needed to copy the Redirect URL from the Custom Connector to my XERO Redirect URL
No, I use a scheduled flow to refresh the token.
Here is how:
1. Create a SharePoint List (XeroAccessTokens) with the following columns:
- RefreshToken
- AccessToken
- Xero-Tenant-Id
2. Create a new item in the list with the access token:
3. You can use Post Man to retrieve the initial Refresh and Access tokens.
4. Create a schedule flow to run every 20 minutes:
Key Points:
Your Get Item will be the Xero Access token list and you can use 1 as your Id.
Refresh Token variable will be from the SharePoint List as type string see example below:
5. Then you need to PARSE JSON in order to retrieve the new access token:
6. Update the Xero Access token list with the new access and refresh tokens:
7. Example when I post to Xero:
NB: Bearer Access token (Output)
I hope this helps.
Please give me a shout if you get stuck.
Could I learn from you please? I tried the the custom connector method and if the base url is /connections the return status is 200 but if set to below it is returning 403, with tenant id as default value for header.
I don't know how to setup the correct header details. But kinda sure it shall not be blank?
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