News API

• The account you use to create a connection for News API is the account that has access to the News API actions.
• Your News API API Key. Go to Register for API key if you don't have one.
• A paid subscription for News API.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Automate, and then select Connections from the left navigation.

2. On the Connections page, click Add new.

3. In the Add a new connection section that opens, fill in the following.

   In this field	Select or enter the following
   Connector	News API

4. Click Connect.

5. In the Configure a connection window, fill in the fields as follows.

   In this field	Select or enter the following
   Connection name	A name for your new connection
   API Key	Your News API API Key. Go to Register for API key if you don't have one.

6. Click Connect.

7. Follow the prompts to enter credentials and grant access to Nintex Workflow Cloud.

8. In the permissions dialog, you can do one of the following:
   • Edit the Owners or Users permissions according to data source usage requirements and click Save permissions.

   Tip: You can assign connection owners or users permissions according to your access requirements. For more information, see Permissions.

Your new connection appears on the Connections page.

1. Access the Designer page

   • On the top navigation bar, click Automate > Workflows, and then select the required workflow.

   (Or)

   • On the top navigation bar, click Automate > Create workflow.
2. Click the News API action you want to add the connection to, or drag a News API action into the workflow and select it.

3. In the drop-down list for Connection, select Add new connection.

4. In the Connection window, fill in the fields as follows.

   In this field	Select or enter the following
   Connection name	A name for your new connection
   API Key	Your News API API Key. Go to Register for API key if you don't have one.

5. Click Connect.

6. Follow the prompts to enter credentials and grant access to Nintex Workflow Cloud.

7. In the permissions dialog, you can do one of the following:
   • Edit the Owners or Users permissions according to data source usage requirements and click Save permissions.

   Tip: You can assign connection owners or users permissions according to your access requirements. For more information, see Permissions.

Your new connection appears in the Connection field of your action.

Follow these steps to assign permissions from the Connections page:

1. On the Connections page, click for the required connection.
2. From the menu, select Permissions.

The corresponding permissions window is displayed.

3. To assign permissions:
• In the Owners field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
• In the Users field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.

4. Click Save permissions.

To add a News API drop-down list to your form:

1. Create your News API data source.

See Data sources.

2. Add a data lookup form control to your form and configure it to use your new data source.

Assign data source permissions

Permissions enable you to manage access for other users to use, edit, and delete data sources.

Note: By default, users with administrator role will have the same rights as a Connection owner.

Assign permissions

Follow these steps to assign data source permissions from the Data sources page:

1. On the Data sources page, click for the required data source.
2. From the menu, select Permissions.

The corresponding data source permissions window is displayed.

3. To assign permissions:
• In the Data source editors field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.
• In the Data source users field, type the name of the user, and select from the list.

4. Click Save Permissions.