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Set up a connection to Abbyy

ABBYY is a provider of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and document processing solutions. They offer several APIs for different purposes, including OCR, data extraction, document conversion, and more.

Set up a connection

This video demonstrates creating an ABBYY connection.

After you start the connection , configure it in the Create connection panel and complete all of the required * authentication settings:

Setting

Instructions

Name your connection * 

Enter a clear and distinguishable name.

Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection. A unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting it from a list of the connections in your account.

Environment * 

Select your ABBYY account region.

For example, if your region is North America, your hostname is https://vantage-us.abbyy.com/.

OAuth 2.0 client * 

Select the OAuth 2.0 client that stores the client ID and client secret provided to you by ABBYY.

To add an OAuth 2.0 client and configure your credentials, click the plus ( + ) button. Click the edit (pencil.svg) button to modify a selected OAuth 2.0 client. For more information, see Create an OAuth 2.0 iClient resource

dataLoad.svg​​ How to retrieve the client ID and client secret 

Scopes * 

Scopes are OAuth 2.0 permissions that ABBYY defines to limit access to your account.

dataLoad.svg​​ How to configure scopes 

Tip

This connector documentation describes only the settings shown for the Simple view. For the corresponding HTTP settings, see the OAuth 2.0 auth universal connector documentation.

How to retrieve the client ID and client secret

  1. Sign in to your ABBYY portal.

  2. Navigate to Configurations > Public API client.

  3. Copy Client ID.

  4. Click on Add secret.

  5. Enter a secret Description and expiry duration and click Apply.

  6. Copy the Client secret.

How to configure the scopes

  1. Click Scope.

  2. To access all of the scopes in the API, click the » button.

    – or – 

    Check the scopes you want to add and click the > button.

  3. Click Save.

Additional references

  • REST APIs – Available for record-based flows only. When you select REST APIs, choose one of the following sub-options:

  • Available Abbyy APIs