Node

The backend SDK lets you interact with the Nango API. It is available on NPM as @nangohq/node.

Instantiate the backend SDK

Install it with your favorite package manager, e.g.:

npm i -S @nangohq/node

Instantiate the Nango class:

import { Nango } from '@nangohq/node';

const nango = new Nango({ secretKey: '<SECRET-KEY>' });

Parameters

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config · object · required

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secretKey · string · required

Get your secret key in the environment settings of the Nango UI. THis key should never be shared.

host · string

Omitting the host points to Nango Cloud. For local development, use http://localhost:3003. Use your instance URL if self-hosting.

Rate limits

The Nango SDK is rate-limited to prevent abuse and ensure fair usage across all clients. The rate limit is enforced on a per-account basis, with a fixed window of time and a maximum number of requests allowed within that window.

If a client exceeds the rate limit, the API will respond with a 429 Too Many Requests status code. In this case, the Retry-After header is included, indicating the number of seconds the client should wait before making another request to avoid being rate-limited.

To handle rate limiting gracefully, clients should monitor for the 429 status code and honor the Retry-After header value provided in the response.

// Example:
try {
    const res = await nango.listIntegrations();
    ...
} catch(err) {
    if (err.response.status === 429) {
        const retryAfter = err.response.headers['retry-after'];
        // wait and retry
        ...
    }
    ...
}

Integrations

List all integrations

Returns a list of integrations.

await nango.listIntegrations()

Example Response

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{
    "configs": [
        {
            "unique_key": "slack-nango-community",
            "provider": "slack"
        },
        {
            "unique_key": "github-prod",
            "provider": "github"
        },
    ]
}

Get an integration

Returns a specific integration.

await nango.getIntegration(<INTEGRATION-ID>);

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

includeIntegrationCredentials · boolean

Defaults to false.

Example Response

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{
    "config": {
        "unique_key": "slack-nango-community",
        "provider": "slack",
        "syncs": [
            {
                "name": "slack-messages",
                "created_at": "2023-10-16T08:45:26.241Z",
                "updated_at": "2023-10-16T08:45:26.241Z",
                "description": "Continuously fetch the latest Slack messages. Details: full refresh. Required scopes(s): channels:read, groups:read, mpim:read, im:read"
            }
        ],
        "actions": [
            {
                "name": "github-list-repos-action",
                "created_at": "2023-10-17T17:28:03.839Z",
                "updated_at": "2023-10-17T17:28:03.839Z"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Create an integration

Create a new integration.

await nango.createIntegration(<PROVIDER-ID>, <INTEGRATION-ID>);

Parameters

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provider · string · required

The ID of the API provider in Nango (cf. providers.yaml for a list of API provider IDs.)

providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

credentials · Record<string, string>

The credentials to include depend on the specific integration that you want to create.

credentials · Record<string, string>

Hide credentials

oauth_client_id · string

The OAuth client ID.

oauth_client_secret · string

The OAuth client secret.

oauth_scopes · string

The list of OAuth scopes

Example Response

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{
    "config": {
        "unique_key": "slack-nango-community",
        "provider": "slack"
    }
}

Update an integration

Edits an integration (only for OAuth APIs).

await nango.updateIntegration(<PROVIDER-ID>, <INTEGRATION-ID>);

Parameters

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provider · string · required

The ID of the API provider in Nango (cf. providers.yaml for a list of API provider IDs.)

providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

credentials · Record<string, string>

The credentials to include depend on the specific integration that you want to create.

credentials · Record<string, string>

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oauth_client_id · string

The OAuth client ID.

oauth_client_secret · string

The OAuth client secret.

oauth_scopes · string

The list of OAuth scopes

Example Response

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{
    "config": {
        "unique_key": "slack-nango-community",
        "provider": "slack"
    }
}

Delete an integration

Deletes a specific integration.

await nango.deleteIntegration(<INTEGRATION-ID>);

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

Example Response

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{
    "config": {
        "unique_key": "slack-nango-community",
        "provider": "slack"
    }
}

Connections

List connections

Returns a list of connections without credentials.

await nango.listConnections();

Parameters

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connectionId · string · required

Filter the list of connections based on this connection ID. If ommitted, returns all connections.

Example Response

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{
    "connections": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "connection_id": "test-1",
            "provider": "slack",
            "provider_config_key": "slack-nango-community",
            "created": "2023-06-03T14:53:22.051Z",
            "metadata": null
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "connection_id": "test-2",
            "provider": "slack",
            "provider_config_key": "slack-nango-community",
            "created": "2023-06-03T15:00:14.945Z",
            "metadata": {
            "bot_id": "some-uuid"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Get a connection (with credentials)

Returns a specific connection with credentials.

await nango.getConnection(<INTEGRATION-ID>, <CONNECTION-ID>);

The response content depends on the API authentication type (OAuth 2, OAuth 1, API key, Basic auth, etc.).

If you do not want to deal with collecting & injecting credentials in requests for multiple authentication types, use the Proxy (step-by-step guide).

When you fetch the connection with this API endpoint, Nango will check if the access token has expired. If it has, it will refresh it.

We recommend not caching tokens for longer than 5 minutes to ensure they are fresh.

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

forceRefresh · boolean

Defaults to false. If false, the token will only be refreshed if it expires within 15 minutes. If true, a token refresh attempt will happen on each request. This is only useful for testing and should not be done at high traffic.

refreshToken · boolean

Defaults to false. If false, the refresh token is not included in the response, otherwise it is. In production, it is not advised to return the refresh token, for security reasons, since only the access token is needed to sign requests.

Example Response

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{
    "id": 18393,                                 
    "created_at": "2023-03-08T09:43:03.725Z",     
    "updated_at": "2023-03-08T09:43:03.725Z",     
    "provider_config_key": "github",              
    "connection_id": "1",                         
    "credentials": {
        "type": "OAUTH2",                         
        "access_token": "gho_tsXLG73f....",       
        "refresh_token": "gho_fjofu84u9....",     
        "expires_at": "2024-03-08T09:43:03.725Z", 
        "raw": { // Raw token response from the OAuth provider: Contents vary!
            "access_token": "gho_tsXLG73f....",
            "refresh_token": "gho_fjofu84u9....",
            "token_type": "bearer",
            "scope": "public_repo,user"
        }
    },
    "connection_config": {                       
        "subdomain": "myshop",
        "realmId": "XXXXX",
        "instance_id": "YYYYYYY"
    },                      
    "account_id": 0,                              
    "metadata": {                                 
        "myProperty": "yes",
        "filter": "closed=true"
    }
}                              

Get connection metadata

Returns a connection’s metadata.

await nango.getMetadata('<INTEGRATION-ID>', 'CONNECTION-ID');

If you know the structure of the metadata, you can specify a type;

interface CustomMetadata {
    anyKey: Record<string, string>;
}
const myTypedMetadata = await nango.getMetadata<CustomMetadata>('<INTEGRATION-ID>', '<CONNECTION-ID>');

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID of the connection.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

Example Response

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{
    "custom_key1": "custom_value1"
}

Set connection metadata

Set custom metadata for the connection (overrides existing metadata).

await nango.setMetadata('<INTEGRATION-ID>', 'CONNECTION-ID', { 'CUSTOM_KEY1': 'CUSTOM_VALUE1' });

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID of the connection.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

metadata · Record<string, any> · required

The custom metadata to store in the connection.

Response

Empty response.

Edit connection metadata

Edit custom metadata for the connection. Only overrides specified properties, not the entire metadata.

await nango.updateMetadata('<INTEGRATION-ID>', 'CONNECTION-ID', { 'CUSTOM_KEY1': 'CUSTOM_VALUE1' });

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID of the connection.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

metadata · Record<string, any> · required

The custom metadata to store in the connection.

Response

Empty response.

Delete a connection

Deletes a specific connection.

await nango.deleteConnection('<INTEGRATION-ID>', 'CONNECTION-ID');

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID of the connection.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

Response

Empty response.

Integration scripts

Get integration scripts config

Return the configuration for all integration scripts

const scriptsConfig = await nango.getScriptsConfig();

Example Response

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[
    {
        "providerConfigKey": "demo-github-integration",
        "syncs": [
            {
                "name": "github-issue-example",
                "type": "sync",
                "models": [
                    {
                        "name": "GithubIssue",
                        "fields": [
                            {
                                "name": "id",
                                "type": "integer"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "owner",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "repo",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "issue_number",
                                "type": "number"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "title",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "author",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "author_id",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "state",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "date_created",
                                "type": "date"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "date_last_modified",
                                "type": "date"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "body",
                                "type": "string"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "sync_type": "FULL",
                "runs": "every half hour",
                "track_deletes": false,
                "auto_start": false,
                "last_deployed": "2024-02-28T20:16:38.052Z",
                "is_public": false,
                "pre_built": false,
                "version": "4",
                "attributes": {},
                "input": {},
                "returns": [
                    "GithubIssue"
                ],
                "description": "Fetches the Github issues from all a user's repositories.\nDetails: full sync, doesn't track deletes, metadata is not required.\n",
                "scopes": [
                    "public_repo"
                ],
                "endpoints": [
                    {
                        "GET": "/github/issue-example"
                    }
                ],
                "nango_yaml_version": "v2",
                "webhookSubscriptions": []
            }
        ],
        "actions": [
            {
                "name": "fetch-issues",
                "type": "action",
                "models": [
                    {
                        "name": "GithubIssue",
                        "fields": [
                            {
                                "name": "id",
                                "type": "integer"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "owner",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "repo",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "issue_number",
                                "type": "number"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "title",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "author",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "author_id",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "state",
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "date_created",
                                "type": "date"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "date_last_modified",
                                "type": "date"
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "body",
                                "type": "string"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "runs": "",
                "is_public": false,
                "pre_built": false,
                "version": "4",
                "last_deployed": "2024-02-28T20:16:38.052Z",
                "attributes": {},
                "returns": [
                    "GithubIssue"
                ],
                "description": "",
                "scopes": [],
                "input": {},
                "endpoints": [
                    {
                        "GET": "/github/issues"
                    }
                ],
                "nango_yaml_version": "v2"
            }
        ],
        "postConnectionScripts": [],
        "provider": "github"
    }
]

Syncs

Get records

Returns the synced data.

import type { ModelName } from '<path-to-nango-integrations>/models'

const records = await nango.listRecords<ModelName>({
    providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>',    
    connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>',                
    model: '<MODEL-NAME>'
});

nango.getRecords() is deprecated and will be removed in future releases as it does not support efficient pagination. Please use nango.listRecords() detailed below.

Parameters

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config · object · required

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

model · string · required

The name of the model of the data you want to retrieve.

cursor · string

Each record from this endpoint comes with a synchronization cursor in _nango_metadata.cursor.

Save the last fetched record’s cursor to track how far you’ve synced.

By providing the cursor to this method, you’ll continue syncing from where you left off, receiving only post-cursor changes.

This same cursor is used to paginate through the results of this endpoint.

limit · number

The maximum number of records to return. Defaults to 100.

filter · string

Filter to only show results that have been added or updated or deleted.

Available options: added, updated, deleted

modifiedAfter · string

Timestamp, e.g. 2023-05-31T11:46:13.390Z. If passed, only records modified after this timestamp are returned, otherwise all records are returned.

delta · string

DEPRECATED (use modifiedAfter) Timestamp, e.g. 2023-05-31T11:46:13.390Z. If passed, only records modified after this timestamp are returned, otherwise all records are returned.

Example Response

This endpoint returns a list of records, ordered by modification date ascending. If some records are updated while you paginate through this endpoint, you might see these records multiple times.

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{
    records:
        [
            {
                id: 123,
                ..., // Fields as specified in the model you queried
                _nango_metadata: {
                    deleted_at: null,
                    last_action: 'ADDED',
                    first_seen_at: '2023-09-18T15:20:35.941305+00:00',
                    last_modified_at: '2023-09-18T15:20:35.941305+00:00',
                    cursor: 'MjAyNC0wMi0yNlQwMzowMDozOS42MjMzODgtMDU6MDB8fGVlMDYwM2E1LTEwNDktNDA4Zi05YTEwLTJjNzVmNDkwODNjYQ=='
                }
            },
            ...
        ],
    next_cursor: "Y3JlYXRlZF9hdF4yMDIzLTExLTE3VDExOjQ3OjE0LjQ0NyswMjowMHxpZF4xYTE2MTYwMS0yMzk5LTQ4MzYtYWFiMi1mNjk1ZWI2YTZhYzI"
}

Trigger sync(s)

Triggers an additional, one-off execution of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.

const records = await nango.triggerSync('<INTEGRATION-ID>', ['SYNC_NAME1', 'SYNC_NAME2'], '<CONNECTION_ID>');

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

syncs · string[] · required

The name of the syncs to trigger. If the array is empty, all syncs are triggered.

connectionId · string

The connection ID. If omitted, the sync will trigger for all relevant connections.

Response

Empty response.

Start schedule for sync(s)

Starts the schedule of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.

await nango.startSync('<INTEGRATION-ID>', ['SYNC_NAME1', 'SYNC_NAME2'], '<CONNECTION_ID>')

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

syncs · string[] · required

The name of the syncs that should be triggered.

connectionId · string

The connection ID. If ommitted, the sync will trigger for all relevant connections.

Response

Empty response.

Pause schedule for sync(s)

Pauses the schedule of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.

await nango.startSync('<INTEGRATION-ID>', ['SYNC_NAME1', 'SYNC_NAME2'], '<CONNECTION_ID>')

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

syncs · string[] · required

The name of the syncs that should be paused.

connectionId · string

The connection ID. If ommitted, the sync will pause for all relevant connections.

Response

Empty response.

Sync status

Get the status of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.

await nango.syncStatus('<INTEGRATION-ID>', ['SYNC_NAME1', 'SYNC_NAME2'], '<CONNECTION_ID>')

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

syncs · string[] · required

The name of the syncs you want to fetch a status for. Pass in ”*” to return all syncs.

connectionId · string

The connection ID. If omitted, all connections will be surfaced.

Response

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{
    "syncs": [
        {
            "id": "<string>",
            "name": "<string>",
            "status": "RUNNING",
            "type": "INCREMENTAL",
            "finishedAt": "<string>",
            "nextScheduledSyncAt": "<string>",
            "frequency": "<string>",
            "latestResult": {}
        }
    ]
}

Override sync connection frequency

Override a sync’s default frequency for a specific connection, or revert to the default frequency.

await nango.updateSyncConnectionFrequency('<INTEGRATION-ID>', 'SYNC_NAME', '<CONNECTION_ID>', '<FREQUENCY>')

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

sync · string · required

The name of the sync.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

frequency · string · required

The frequency you want to set (ex: ‘every hour’). Set to null to revert to the default frequency.

Response

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{
    "frequency": "<string>"
}

Get environment variables

Retrieve the environment variables as added in the Nango dashboard.

await nango.getEnvironmentVariables();

Parameters

No parameters.

Response

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[
    {
        "name": "MY_SECRET_KEY",
        "value": "SK_373892NSHFNCOWFO..."
    }
]

Actions

Trigger an action

Triggers an action for a connection.

await nango.triggerAction('<INTEGRATION-ID>', '<CONNECTION_ID>', '<ACTION-NAME>', { 'custom_key1': 'custom_value1' });

Parameters

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providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID.

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID.

actionName · string · required

The name of the action to trigger.

input · unkown · required

The necessary input for your action’s runAction function.

Response

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{
    "your-properties": "The data returned by the action"
}

Proxy

Makes an HTTP request using the proxy:

const config = { 
    endpoint: '/some-endpoint',
    providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>',
    connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>'
};

await nango.get(config); // GET request
await nango.post(config); // POST request
await nango.put(config); // PUT request
await nango.patch(config); // PATCH request
await nango.delete(config); // DELETE request

Parameters

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config · object · required

Hide config

endpoint · string · required

The endpoint of the request.

providerConfigKey · string · required

The integration ID (for credential injection).

connectionId · string · required

The connection ID (for credential injection).

headers · Record<string, string>

The headers of the request.

params · Record<string, string | number>

The query parameters of the request.

data · unknown

The body of the request.

retries · number

The number of retries in case of failure (with exponential back-off). Optional, default 0.

retryOn · number[]

Array of additional status codes to retry a request in addition to the 5xx, 429, ECONNRESET, ETIMEDOUT, and ECONNABORTED

baseUrlOverride · string

The API base URL. Can be ommitted if the base URL is configured for this API in the providers.yaml.

decompress · boolean

Override the decompress option when making requests. Optional, defaults to false

responseType · 'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'document' | 'json' | 'text' | 'stream'

The type of the response.

Response

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The response from the external API is passed back to you exactly as Nango gets it:

• response code
• response headers
• response body

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