Egnyte Prerequisites

You must create your own app registration against Egnyte. Later, you specify those parameters in BA Insight applications.To create your own app registration in Egnyte, do the following:

  1. Go to developers.egnyte.com

  2. Click SIGN IN.

  1. You must Register if you do not already have an account.

  2. Next, click Get API Key from the top of the page.

  3. Click the APPLICATIONS tab.

  4. Click CREATE A NEW APPLICATION.

  1. Complete the fields with the following information:

    1. Name This is the name of your Egnyte application. Enter an appropriate name and note it for later use.

    2. Type: Publicly Available Application.

    3. Current User Base: New App (only for deployment, it is changed later)

    4. Note: Note: When you move to production we recommend you CHANGE this value to a more appropriate option for your environment, such as 100k-1m, etc..
      This impacts volumes and scalability

    5. Platform: Web App

    6. Egnyte domain you will use for testing: This is the name of your (client) domain in Egnyte. For example, app4domain

    7. App Icon URL: skip this field.

    8. Please describe what your application will do: This is a description of what you app will accomplish. You may complete this field as you see fit.

    9. Registered OAuth redirect URI:

      • Enter URL in the form: <URL of your domain>/oauth.

      • Example: https://app4YourDomain.egnyte.com/oauth

  2. Click Register Application.

  3. The App Registered page appears.

  4. Your Key and Secret appear on this page. You should Record both of these values for the following use:

    1. Key is your Client ID for SmartHub usage.

    2. Secret is your Client Secret for SmartHub usage.