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Nexmo Connection

Nexmo application on Connect iPaaS uses API Key. By linking your Nexmo account with Connect iPaaS, you can authorize RoboMQ to have a delegated access on your behalf.

Please refer to Nexmo's API Key and Secret guide for more about Nexmo's authentication used by Connect iPaaS.

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The following is an overview of the entities in Nexmo that Connect iPaaS will need permissions for.

Object Permission
SMS Message Read and Create a SMS message
Voice Call Create a voice call

Creating a Connection

To link your Nexmo account, you need to enter API Key, API Secret, Public Key, and Private Key.

Create Nexmo Connection

Figure 1: Create Nexmo Connection

API key and API Secret

To retrieve your API key and Secret, log into your Nexmo account and you can find the details under the "API settings" section.

Nexmo Settings page

Figure 2: Nexmo Settings page

Integrating Nexmo with Connect iPaaS with public and private keys

On Nexmo, you need to create an application and generate a Public and Private Key.

You will use these keys on Connect iPaaS to create a connection. To manage your Nexmo applications, all you need to do is to click on Your Applications to view your applications as shown in the picture below. Once you create application, you can use the configurations to connect Nexmo API with any external apps like Connect iPaaS in our case.

Public Key: The public key that will associated with your Nexmo Application

Private Key: The private key that will associated with your Nexmo Application

Nexmo Applications page

Figure 3: Nexmo Applications page

Note: At anytime you may remove or change the Private key of your application from the Nexmo console, but note that if you don't update Connect iPaaS with the new key, Connect iPaaS will not be able to make voice calls.