Hey @max91 – welcome to the developer community!

There are a couple of ways to generate an API token for a given user:

1. 
   

   Using the OAuth2 protocol. You can set up a monday App (link to docs) and use our SDK to let each user authorize your project separately. Check out the documentation for our OAuth implementation here. You can also see a simple code example using the OAuth flow here.

   
   


2. 
   

   Asking each user for their API key. Each user can access their tokens in the monday apps section. This is not recommended because of the manual work, but is an option. To do this, they need to first activate “monday apps” in the monday.labs section of their account (link to article). Then, they will be able to get their tokens in the “My Tokens” tab of the developers section:
   
   

   
   
   

Hello @dipro ,

thank you for your support!

I guess the best decision for me would be number one.

Therefore I tried to set up the github sample you have recommended.

Setting everything up (nodejs, monday-app, permissions and so on) was working fine.

Unfortunatelly I do not understand the reason for using the ngrok-tool.

Can´t I just connect my website with my monday app with oauth2 without ngrok?

Furthermore I do not understand what kind of url i should set up for the redirect url.

What should the redirect url look like?

I tried a existing URL of my localhost (http://localhost/monday-oauth-example-master/public/finish.html) but I received the error message:

|error|“invalid_request”|

|error_description|“Invalid redirect_uri”|

Thank you in advance!

With kind regards,

Max

Hey @max91,

the whole purpose of ngrok is expose your localhost to a public URL.

In other words, monday.com gets a connection to the machine you are running ngrok on.

First install ngrok.

Then open your console and enter:

ngrok http 3000

“HTTP” stands for the protocol you use and “3000” is the port you will expose by executing this command.

Next up your console will display something like this:

The HTTPS URL is the one you want to copy and paste/use.

Hope I could help you.

Greetings.

Hello together,

thank you for your support!

I have tried running the sample now with ngrok and nodejs.

I get the index.js running on the npm and start up ngrok with localhost on port 3000.

If I navigate to the ngrok https-link,

it is loading the correct Start Page including the Start Button.

Unfortunatelly when clicking on it I receive the following invalid request error:

|error|“invalid_request”|

|error_description|“Invalid redirect_uri”|

I think I have to fix some configuration on the monday app but I´m not sure.

Can you tell me which link I need to configure for redirect?

In the ngrok console I receive a error message for:

Get /favicon.ico 404 Not Found

With kind regards Max

Hey @max91!

The redirect URI must match the URIs that you have set up in your app. To check which URIs are valid, go to your app > OAuth & Permissions > Redirect URIs.

If you’re using ngrok, you might need to change this configuration each time you generate a new ngrok tunnel (since each one has a unique URL).

Let me know if that helps!

hi @max91 I’m running into the SAME issue!! All the individual components load for me too, but clicking on the btn brings up the “invalid redirect_uri” error 😔 Did ever get it resolved? If so, can you please share what you did?

Hey @max91 … if you’re still around & you haven’t given up yet…

Here’s the solution you were looking for > 2.5 months ago 😭

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