What's here?

A Node.js web app that uses Marketing Cloud REST APIs to load sample data into a Data Extension.

Introduction

These demos were shown in the session Getting Started with Marketing Cloud API Integrations at Dreamforce 2018.

This web app consists of 2 demos:

1. A standalone web app that uses REST APIs to load data into Marketing Cloud
2. The same web app running as a Marketing Cloud app within the Marketing Cloud UI

One-time demo setup

Step #1: Create a Data Extension for this demo to use

Login to your Marketing Cloud account and follow instructions at Create Data Extension to create a new Standard Data Extension.

Next, add the 4 fields below to the DF18Demo Data Extension:

Step #2: Create a Marketing Cloud App

Follow instructions at Create a Marketing Cloud App to create a new Marketing Cloud App and use the values below:

Step #3: Add an API Integration component

Add an API Integration component to the Marketing Cloud App you just created.

1. Click Add Component in the Marketing Cloud App and choose API Integration
2. Make sure Perform server-to-server requests is checked.
3. Make sure Perform requests on behalf of the user is checked.
4. When selecting the Marketing Cloud scope for your API calls, make sure the following permissions are checked:
   • DATA -> Data Extensions -> Read
   • DATA -> Data Extensions -> Write

See API Integration for more details.

Step #4: Set environment variables

1. Get the ClientID and ClientSecret from API Integration component and put in the following environment variables on your local computer:

   • DF18DEMO_CLIENTID=YOUR_CLIENTID
   • DF18DEMO_CLIENTSECRET=YOUR_CLIENTSECRET

2. Get the JWT SIGNING SECRET from the Marketing Cloud App put in the following environment variable on your local computer:

   • DF18DEMO_JWTSECRET=YOUR_JWT_SIGNING_SECRET

See Get an API Key for more details.

Run locally on your computer

The steps below are for MacOS. Modify as needed for your operating system.

Install Node.js

Download and install Node.js for your operating system: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Get the source code

TIP: If you have Git installed then you can do git clone https://github.com/sanagama/sfmc-df18demo.git instead.

1. Browse to https://github.com/sanagama/sfmc-df18demo
2. Click Clone or Download then click Download ZIP
3. Save the ZIP file to your HOME directory as ~/sfmc-df18demo.zip
4. Extract the zip file to your HOME directory ~/sfmc-df18demo.zip

Run the web app

Type the following commands in the Terminal window to run the web app:

cd ~/sfmc-df18demo
npm install
npm run

Demo #1: Standalone app

In this demo, the web app running locally on https://localhost:5000 calls the appropriate Marketing Cloud REST APIs to load sample data into the DF18Demo Data Extension.

1. Launch your browser and navigate to https://localhost:5000
2. You've already completed Step #1 and Step #2.
3. In Step #3, click Execute Request to get an OAuth token.
4. In Step #4, click Execute Request to load the sample data.
5. Go back to Marketing Cloud and navigate to the DF18Demo Data Extension.
6. Click Records to see 2 new records added by the web app.

Demo #2: Marketing Cloud App

In this demo, the web app running locally on https://localhost:5000 is displayed within Marketing Cloud web UI (in an IFRAME) and is launched via the Marketing Cloud app menu to load sample data into the DF18Demo Data Extension.

1. Login into Marketing Cloud
2. Click on your Marketing Cloud App under AppExchange in the top navigation bar.
3. Note that the same web app is now running within the Marketing Cloud UI (in an IFRAME).
4. You've already completed Step #1 and Step #2
5. In Step #3, click Execute Request to get a Refresh token.
6. In Step #4, click Execute Request to get an OAuth token from the Refresh token.
7. In Step #5, click Execute Request to load the sample data.
8. Navigate to the DF18Demo Data Extension.
9. Click Records to see 2 new records added by the web app.

Run in Heroku

If you wish, you can also run this web app in Heroku, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.

Here are detailed instructions on running Node.js web apps in Heroku: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/deploying-nodejs

TIP: Remember to set the following environment variables for the Herkou app:

• RUNNING_IN_HEROKU=true
• DF18DEMO_CLIENTID=YOUR_CLIENTID
• DF18DEMO_CLIENTSECRET=YOUR_CLIENTSECRET
• DF18DEMO_JWTSECRET=YOUR_JWT_SIGNING_SECRET

Looking for more info?

Check out these resources to help you get going:

• Marketing Cloud Developer Center: https://developer.salesforce.com/devcenter/marketing-cloud
• Create an Installed Package: https://sforce.co/InstalledPackage
• Marketing Cloud APIs: https://sforce.co/CloudAPI
• Marketing Cloud SDKs: https://sforce.co/SDK
• Content Block SDK: https://github.com/salesforce-marketingcloud/blocksdk
• Content Builder SDK: https://sforce.co/ContentBuilder
• MobilePush and Journey Builder SDKs: https://sforce.co/MobilePushSDK