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Set up a connection to Blackbaud

Tanisha Ray
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Blackbaud is a cloud software company dedicated to empowering nonprofits, educational institutions, and socially responsible organizations with fundraising, financial management, CRM, and analytics solutions.

Important

The Blackbaud connector is in BETA and may be subject to changes.

Set up a 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.

OAuth 2.0 client *

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

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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, seeCreate an OAuth 2.0 iClient resource

Subscription key *

Enter your Blackbaud subscription key.

Multiple layers of protection are in place, including AES 256 encryption, to keep your connection’s key safe. When editing this form later, you must enter this key again; it is stored only when the connection is saved and never displayed as text.

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Scope *

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

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Note

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

How to retrieve the client ID and client secret

  1. Sign in to your Blackbaud SKY developer portal.

  2. Navigate to My account > My applications.

  3. Click. + New application.

  4. Enter an Application name.

  5. Enter a Publisher (public organization) name.

  6. Enter the Application website URL.

  7. Click Save.

  8. Copy the Application ID (client ID).

  9. Copy the Primary application secret (client secret).

How to retrieve the subscription key

  1. Sign in to your Blackbaud SKY developer portal.

  2. Navigate to My account > My subscriptions.

  3. Click Subscribe.

  4. Read the SKY API terms of use.

  5. Click Submit.

  6. Copy the Primary access key (subscription key).

How to configure 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.

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