Each integrated app has an internal app state set in Cloudbeds. State indicates whether there are active API sessions and can be used to cancel the API sessions. To set app state use /postAppState method. To read app state use /getAppState method or subscribe to the webhook for the appstate_change.
Possible app states are:
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enabled- Active API sessions, user authorized the app. -
pending- Authorization in progress. -
disabled- No active API sessions.
App state controls the Call to Action Button on the app page in Cloudbeds Marketplace.
Connecting
On initial authentication flow, when a user approves the connection to the app Cloudbeds will automatically set app state to enabled.
If your app has some sort of intermediary steps before the app should be enabled, you must set state to pending. More information on how to do so, see our /postAppState in our API document.
Disconnecting
If there is a possibility to disconnect the integration in your app's UI you must send /postAppState with parameter app_state=disabled when user decides to disconnect on your end.
Upon setting app state to disabled, all sessions are terminated and no more calls are able to occur. The same occurs when the user uninstalls app and all sessions are destroyed in Cloudbeds.
To know if a user uninstalled/disconnected the app in Cloudbeds subscribe to the integration webhook with action appstate_changed. Webhook will notify every time the app state has changed.
Or you can send a request to /getAppState. If it returns an error (view examples below), the connection may be terminated on your end too.
You must terminate the API sessions on your end. To be able again to access and modify anything via API, the user must install (authorize) the app again.
For refresh token flow:
{
"error": "invalid_request",
"message": "The refresh token is invalid."
}For other calls:
{
"error": "access_denied",
"message": "The resource owner or authorization server denied the request."
}Marketplace app page - call-to-action button
If the user authorizes your app from the Marketplace app page, call to action button will change when the app state changes. This helps the user understand that the app is connected and they can log in directly from myfrontdesk to your app. For this to be successful add your app's login URL to App Details page in your Cloudbeds partner account.
App state corresponds to call-to-action button text:
disabled - "Connect App" - Will redirect to Install App/OAuth URL
pending - No button to click
enabled - "Login" - Will redirect to your app's login URL
1. Marketplace - Your app's landing page
Go to your app's page in the Cloudbeds test account. While in development you won't be able to access it through the Marketplace so ask us for a direct link.
When you change the app state by calling /postAppState the button will change to either Login (app_state=enabled) or Connect App (app_sate=disabled).
2. Manage apps page
On the Manage apps page, you can see your app listed only when there are active API sessions or app_state=enabled.
So when you change the app state to disabled, your app shouldn't be visible on this page.
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