Create a new Developer Console application
On this page, we will walk through the process of creating a new Developer Console application, adding object types, action types and other Ontology resources to the SDK application, then generating packages in any of the supported languages. Finally, we will explain the custom documentation generated for your application-specific SDK.
Create an application using Developer Console
Navigate to Developer Console in your Foundry instance, then select + New application.
If you do not see the + New application button, you may require additional permissions. See the permissions documentation for more details.
Next, follow the steps in the creation wizard that appears and add the following details:
- On the Basic information page, add an icon to your application; the icon will be used to identify the application when the user is presented with a consent screen.
- On the Application type page, choose Client-facing application.
- On the Authorization code grant section of the Permissions page, set the redirect URL to
http://localhost:8080/auth/callback.
Follow the instructions in Configure CORS to add http://localhost:8080 to your CORS policy in Control Panel.
If you do not have permission to configure CORS and your Foundry administrator is unable to configure CORS for you, set the redirect URL to https://localhost:8080/auth/callback.
Ontology & resource scopes
- On the Ontology & resource scopes page, select Yes, generate an Ontology SDK.
- Select an Ontology to use. Then, select the object types and action types that you want the Ontology SDK package to include. For this exercise, pick any object type available to you.
The data entities that you choose control two aspects of your application:
- Generated types: Language-specific bindings are created based on the selected entities. Additionally, the integrated API docs will be generated based on your selections.
- Application token: The token received as a result of going through the OAuth 2.0 flow is by default scoped to the set of entities selected. For more details, see Resource access scope.
- Review and confirm the information you entered, then select Create application to create the application.
- Finally, you must select Generate first version to get the first version of the created package.
Ontology-specific documentation
The Developer Console generates documentation based on the Ontology entities you selected. This documentation is available for TypeScript, Python, and cURL; you can switch between the different languages using the dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the Console.
In the example above, each object type, action type, and function is documented. The documentation includes code examples of how specific properties are returned or how parameters can be used; you can copy and paste these examples directly into your code.