DatoCMS: Connecting your account

This article demonstrates how to establish a connection of DatoCMS with the Quickwork.

What you'll need:

Skill level: Easy

Time required: 3 minutes

• An active DatoCMS account

How to establish a connection with DatoCMS

To connect your DatoCMS account with Quickwork, follow these steps:

1. Go to Quickwork and choose DatoCMS from the drop-down in the Apps field present under the New Trigger button in the Trigger section.
2. Choose a trigger event of your choice in the Triggers field.
3. Click on the Link an account button to establish a connection.
4. The Connect to DatoCMS window will pop-up asking you to enter a few details as shown below:
   
   
   
   
5. To get the token, log in to your DatoCMS account.
6. On your dashboard, you’ll see a list of all the projects created by you. Click on the arrow present on the right side of the project item:
   
   
   
   
7. A new tab will open with another dashboard for configuring project-level settings. Click on the API tokens option in the navigation menu present on the left-hand side:
   
   
   
   
8. You will be presented with two options, Full-Access API token, and Read-Only API token. Click on the Full-Access API token option:
   
   
   
   
9. The required token is present on the right-hand side under the label API key.
10.  Click the Copy button present on the right-hand side of the key and paste it in the respective field in Quickwork:
    
    
    
    
11.  Once all the input fields have been filled, click on the Link account button. Your DatoCMS account has now been successfully connected to your Quickwork account.