Symptom
You want to know if you can have certificate/token-based authentication between CPI and Sales or Service Cloud Version 2, by calling the Rest API.
Use Case example: through a custom iflow, you are consuming Phone Service , Email Service, and Customer Address Rest APIs from CPI. None of these APIs is part of any communication configuration, hence you can not use certificate or token-based authentication.
Environment
Sales Cloud Version 2
Service Cloud Version 2
Cause
The Business user can consume these APIs using Basic Authentication and Certificate-based authentication.
Resolution
For Rest API you can use the certificate-based authentication for Business User.
- Go to Settings
- Under "Users and Control" , open "Users"
- Choose a Business User you have created for API Consumption
- Click on the USER ID
- Click "Manage Certificates" under User details section
- Click on "Browse Files" and select the certificate to upload from your system.
See Also
Keywords
cns;api;rest;certificate-based authentication;business user;certificate;sales cloud version 2; , KBA , CEC-CRM-INT , Integration for SAP Sales/Service Cloud , How To
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