Cloud Assets
Last Modified on 28 February 2023
The Cloud assets include the items needed to gather data for actions and asserts.
Azure Storage Rest Connection
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The Azure Storage Rest Connection asset connects to an Azure Storage API. |

Function | Description |
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Account name | The name of the account required to make the connection. |
Access key | The Access Key for the account that's required for the connection. |
Rest Connection (Basic)
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 | The Rest Connection (Basic) asset connects to a web API. It's used in the Execute Rest Query (Grid) and Execute Rest Query (Scalar) actions. |
Settings Tab

Function | Description |
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User Name | The username needed to authenticate to the endpoint Url. |
Password | The password that authenticates to the endpoint Url. |
Use Base 64 Header | Check this option when your endpoint requires you to use a basic authentication header using Base 64 Encoding.
For example, this is how the header is added to the request:
webRequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", string.Format("Basic {0}", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(string.Format("{0}:{1}", UserName, Password))))); |
Security Protocol | Identifies the transport layer security or secure sockets layer used by the endpoint. The following options are available:
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Headers Tab

Add headers to every request being used by the connection.
Proxy Tab

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Host | When connecting to an endpoint using a proxy, enter the address of the proxy server. |
Domain | (Optional) The domain of the user logging in. |
User Name | The username to authenticate to the proxy. |
Password | The password to authenticate to the proxy. |
Port | The port number needed to connect to the proxy. |
Rest Connection OAuth1
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 | The Rest Connection (OAuth1) asset connects to a web API that uses OAuth1 security. It's used in the Execute Rest Query (Grid) and Execute Rest Query (Scalar) actions. |
Token Settings Tab

Function | Description |
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API Key | Authentication key provided at the application's developer site. |
API Secret | Authentication secret provided at the application's developer site. |
Token | The token required by the web API that's provided at the application's developer site. |
Token Secret | The token's secret password provided at the application's developer site. |
Security Protocol | Identifies the transport layer security or secure sockets layer used by the endpoint. The following options are available: |
Headers Tab
Add headers to every request being used by the connection.
Proxy Tab

Function | Description |
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Host | When connecting to an endpoint using a proxy, enter the address of the proxy server. |
Domain | (Optional) The domain of the user logging in. |
User Name | The username to authenticate to the proxy. |
Password | The password to authenticate to the proxy. |
Port | The port number needed to connect to the proxy. |
Rest Connection OAuth2
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 | The Rest Connection (OAuth2) asset connects to a web API that uses OAuth2 security. It's used in the Execute Rest Query (Grid) and Execute Rest Query (Scalar) actions. |
Access Token Tab

Function | Description |
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Access Token | Carries the necessary information the API uses to determine whether the client is authorized or not. The access token is provided at the application's developer site. |
Is Bearer Token | An authorization header that's required by some API's. Select this option If the API issues a bearer token. |
API Key | Authentication key provided at the application's developer site. |
API Secret | Authentication secret provided at the application's developer site. |
Security Protocol | Identifies the transport layer security or secure sockets layer used by the endpoint. The following options are available: |
Refresh Token Tab

Function | Description |
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Refresh Token | The token provided by the application or service. This call allows you to request new access tokens. |
Refresh Token Endpoint | The refresh token URL.
Example: - https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
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Refresh Token Endpoint Parameters | The query parameters used during the refresh token request.
Example: scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file& state=security_token%3D138r5719ru3e1%26url%3Dhttps://oa2cb.example.com/myHome& redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmyapp.example.com%2Fcallback& response_type=code& client_id=8127352506391.apps.googleusercontent.com& approval_prompt=force& include_granted_scopes=true |
Access Token Json Path | When making the request to get a new access token, the service returns that access token in Json. This property is the path to that token.
For example the path to the access token below is access_token.- { "access_token": "ERLKJDSLKDJLK!1231223", "expires_in" : 3180 }
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Headers Tab
Add headers to every request being used by the connection.
Proxy Tab

Function | Description |
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Host | When connecting to an endpoint using a proxy, enter the address of the proxy server. |
Domain | (Optional) The domain of the user logging in. |
User Name | The username to authenticate to the proxy. |
Password | The password to authenticate to the proxy. |
Port | The port number needed to connect to the proxy. |
S3 AWS Storage REST Connection
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The S3 AWS Storage Rest Connection asset connects to an S3 AWS service.
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Function | Description |
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Access Key Id | The Access Key Id required for the connection. |
Access Key | The Access Key required for the connection. |
Salesforce Connection
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 | The Salesforce Connection asset creates a connection to your Salesforce source. The editor also allows you to set up a connection through a proxy. |
Salesforce Connection Editor

Function | Description |
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User Name | The Salesforce user name. |
Password + Security Token | This field requires both the password and the security token provided by salesforce to be enetered together. |
Server Url | An optional field to specify the server that hosts the connection. |
Timeout | The amount of time to wait before the connection times out. |
Use Proxy | Check to enable the use of the proxy settings below. |
Proxy Host | The address of the proxy you want to use. |
Proxy Domain | Domain address of the proxy. |
Proxy User Name | User name to log into the proxy. |
Proxy Password | Password to log into the proxy. |
Proxy Port | Specify a port to use the proxy connection. |
Test Connection | Tests the current settings and ensures they can connect. |