The backend SDK lets you interact with the Nango API. It is available on NPM as @nangohq/node
.
Instantiate the backend SDK
Install it with your favorite package manager, e.g.:
Instantiate the Nango
class:
import { Nango } from '@nangohq/node' ;
const nango = new Nango ({ secretKey: '<SECRET-KEY>' });
Parameters
Get your secret key in the environment settings of the Nango UI. THis key should never be shared.
Omitting the host points to Nango Cloud. For local development, use http://localhost:3003
. Use your instance URL if self-hosting.
Rate limits
The Nango SDK is rate-limited to prevent abuse and ensure fair usage across all clients. The rate limit is enforced on a per-account basis, with a fixed window of time and a maximum number of requests allowed within that window.
If a client exceeds the rate limit, the API will respond with a 429 Too Many Requests
status code. In this case, the Retry-After
header is included, indicating the number of seconds the client should wait before making another request to avoid being rate-limited.
To handle rate limiting gracefully, clients should monitor for the 429 status code and honor the Retry-After
header value provided in the response.
// Example:
try {
const res = await nango . listIntegrations ();
...
} catch ( err ) {
if ( err . response . status === 429 ) {
const retryAfter = err . response . headers [ 'retry-after' ];
// wait and retry
...
}
...
}
Integrations
List all integrations
Returns a list of integrations.
await nango . listIntegrations ()
Example Response
{
"configs" : [
{
"unique_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"provider" : "slack"
},
{
"unique_key" : "github-prod" ,
"provider" : "github"
},
]
}
Get an integration
Returns a specific integration.
await nango . getIntegration ( < INTEGRATION-ID > );
Parameters
includeIntegrationCredentials
Example Response
{
"config" : {
"unique_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"provider" : "slack" ,
"syncs" : [
{
"name" : "slack-messages" ,
"created_at" : "2023-10-16T08:45:26.241Z" ,
"updated_at" : "2023-10-16T08:45:26.241Z" ,
"description" : "Continuously fetch the latest Slack messages. Details: full refresh. Required scopes(s): channels:read, groups:read, mpim:read, im:read"
}
],
"actions" : [
{
"name" : "github-list-repos-action" ,
"created_at" : "2023-10-17T17:28:03.839Z" ,
"updated_at" : "2023-10-17T17:28:03.839Z"
}
]
}
}
Create an integration
Create a new integration.
await nango . createIntegration ( < PROVIDER-ID > , < INTEGRATION-ID > );
Parameters
The ID of the API provider in Nango (cf. providers.yaml for a list of API provider IDs.)
The credentials to include depend on the specific integration that you want to create.
Example Response
{
"config" : {
"unique_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"provider" : "slack"
}
}
Update an integration
Edits an integration (only for OAuth APIs).
await nango . updateIntegration ( < PROVIDER-ID > , < INTEGRATION-ID > );
Parameters
The ID of the API provider in Nango (cf. providers.yaml for a list of API provider IDs.)
The credentials to include depend on the specific integration that you want to create.
Example Response
{
"config" : {
"unique_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"provider" : "slack"
}
}
Delete an integration
Deletes a specific integration.
await nango . deleteIntegration ( < INTEGRATION-ID > );
Parameters
Example Response
{
"config" : {
"unique_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"provider" : "slack"
}
}
Connections
List connections
Returns a list of connections without credentials.
await nango . listConnections ();
Parameters
Filter the list of connections based on this connection ID. If ommitted, returns all connections.
Example Response
{
"connections" : [
{
"id" : 1 ,
"connection_id" : "test-1" ,
"provider" : "slack" ,
"provider_config_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"created" : "2023-06-03T14:53:22.051Z" ,
"metadata" : null
},
{
"id" : 2 ,
"connection_id" : "test-2" ,
"provider" : "slack" ,
"provider_config_key" : "slack-nango-community" ,
"created" : "2023-06-03T15:00:14.945Z" ,
"metadata" : {
"bot_id" : "some-uuid"
}
}
]
}
Get a connection (with credentials)
Returns a specific connection with credentials.
await nango . getConnection ();
The response content depends on the API authentication type (OAuth 2, OAuth 1, API key, Basic auth).
If you do not want to deal with collecting & injecting credentials in requests for multiple authentication types, use the Proxy (step-by-step guide ).
When you fetch the connection with this API endpoint, Nango will check if the access token has expired. If it has, it will refresh it.
We recommend not caching tokens for longer than 5 minutes to ensure they are fresh.
Parameters
Defaults to false
. If false
, the token will only be refreshed if it expires within 15 minutes. If true
, a token refresh attempt will happen on each request. This is only useful for testing and should not be done at high traffic.
Defaults to false
. If false
, the refresh token is not included in the response, otherwise it is. In production, it is not advised to return the refresh token, for security reasons, since only the access token is needed to sign requests.
Example Response
{
"id" : 18393 ,
"created_at" : "2023-03-08T09:43:03.725Z" ,
"updated_at" : "2023-03-08T09:43:03.725Z" ,
"provider_config_key" : "github" ,
"connection_id" : "1" ,
"credentials" : {
"type" : "OAUTH2" ,
"access_token" : "gho_tsXLG73f...." ,
"refresh_token" : "gho_fjofu84u9...." ,
"expires_at" : "2024-03-08T09:43:03.725Z" ,
"raw" : { // Raw token response from the OAuth provider: Contents vary!
"access_token" : "gho_tsXLG73f...." ,
"refresh_token" : "gho_fjofu84u9...." ,
"token_type" : "bearer" ,
"scope" : "public_repo,user"
}
},
"connection_config" : {
"subdomain" : "myshop" ,
"realmId" : "XXXXX" ,
"instance_id" : "YYYYYYY"
},
"account_id" : 0 ,
"metadata" : {
"myProperty" : "yes" ,
"filter" : "closed=true"
}
}
Returns a connection’s metadata.
await nango . getMetadata ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , 'CONNECTION-ID' );
If you know the structure of the metadata, you can specify a type;
interface CustomMetadata {
anyKey : Record < string , string >;
}
const myTypedMetadata = await nango . getMetadata < CustomMetadata >( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , '<CONNECTION-ID>' );
Parameters
The integration ID of the connection.
Example Response
{
"custom_key1" : "custom_value1"
}
Set custom metadata for the connection (overrides existing metadata).
await nango . setMetadata ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , 'CONNECTION-ID' , { 'CUSTOM_KEY1' : 'CUSTOM_VALUE1' });
Parameters
The integration ID of the connection.
metadata
Record<string, any>
required
The custom metadata to store in the connection.
Response
Empty response.
Edit custom metadata for the connection. Only overrides specified properties, not the entire metadata.
await nango . updateMetadata ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , 'CONNECTION-ID' , { 'CUSTOM_KEY1' : 'CUSTOM_VALUE1' });
Parameters
The integration ID of the connection.
metadata
Record<string, any>
required
The custom metadata to store in the connection.
Response
Empty response.
Delete a connection
Deletes a specific connection.
await nango . deleteConnection ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , 'CONNECTION-ID' );
Parameters
The integration ID of the connection.
Response
Empty response.
Scripts
Get scripts config
Return the configuration for all scripts
const scriptsConfig = await nango . getScriptsConfig ();
Example Response
[
{
"providerConfigKey" : "demo-github-integration" ,
"syncs" : [
{
"name" : "github-issue-example" ,
"type" : "sync" ,
"models" : [
{
"name" : "GithubIssue" ,
"fields" : [
{
"name" : "id" ,
"type" : "integer"
},
{
"name" : "owner" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "repo" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "issue_number" ,
"type" : "number"
},
{
"name" : "title" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "author" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "author_id" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "state" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "date_created" ,
"type" : "date"
},
{
"name" : "date_last_modified" ,
"type" : "date"
},
{
"name" : "body" ,
"type" : "string"
}
]
}
],
"sync_type" : "FULL" ,
"runs" : "every half hour" ,
"track_deletes" : false ,
"auto_start" : false ,
"last_deployed" : "2024-02-28T20:16:38.052Z" ,
"is_public" : false ,
"pre_built" : false ,
"version" : "4" ,
"attributes" : {},
"input" : {},
"returns" : [
"GithubIssue"
],
"description" : "Fetches the Github issues from all a user's repositories. \n Details: full sync, doesn't track deletes, metadata is not required. \n " ,
"scopes" : [
"public_repo"
],
"endpoints" : [
{
"GET" : "/github/issue-example"
}
],
"nango_yaml_version" : "v2" ,
"webhookSubscriptions" : []
}
],
"actions" : [
{
"name" : "fetch-issues" ,
"type" : "action" ,
"models" : [
{
"name" : "GithubIssue" ,
"fields" : [
{
"name" : "id" ,
"type" : "integer"
},
{
"name" : "owner" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "repo" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "issue_number" ,
"type" : "number"
},
{
"name" : "title" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "author" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "author_id" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "state" ,
"type" : "string"
},
{
"name" : "date_created" ,
"type" : "date"
},
{
"name" : "date_last_modified" ,
"type" : "date"
},
{
"name" : "body" ,
"type" : "string"
}
]
}
],
"runs" : "" ,
"is_public" : false ,
"pre_built" : false ,
"version" : "4" ,
"last_deployed" : "2024-02-28T20:16:38.052Z" ,
"attributes" : {},
"returns" : [
"GithubIssue"
],
"description" : "" ,
"scopes" : [],
"input" : {},
"endpoints" : [
{
"GET" : "/github/issues"
}
],
"nango_yaml_version" : "v2"
}
],
"postConnectionScripts" : [],
"provider" : "github"
}
]
Syncs
Get records
Returns the synced data.
import type { ModelName } from '<path-to-nango-integrations>/models'
const records = await nango . listRecords < ModelName >({
providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>' ,
connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>' ,
model: '<MODEL-NAME>'
});
nango.getRecords()
is deprecated and will be removed in future releases as it does not support efficient pagination. Please use nango.listRecords()
detailed below.
Parameters
The name of the model of the data you want to retrieve.
Each record from this endpoint comes with a synchronization cursor in _nango_metadata.cursor
.
Save the last fetched record’s cursor to track how far you’ve synced.
By providing the cursor to this method, you’ll continue syncing from where you left off, receiving only post-cursor changes.
This same cursor is used to paginate through the results of this endpoint.
The maximum number of records to return. Defaults to 100.
Filter to only show results that have been added or updated or deleted.
Available options: added, updated, deleted
Timestamp, e.g. 2023-05-31T11:46:13.390Z. If passed, only records modified after this timestamp are returned, otherwise all records are returned.
DEPRECATED (use modifiedAfter) Timestamp, e.g. 2023-05-31T11:46:13.390Z. If passed, only records modified after this timestamp are returned, otherwise all records are returned.
Example Response
This endpoint returns a list of records, ordered by modification date ascending. If some records are updated while you paginate through this endpoint, you might see these records multiple times.
{
records :
[
{
id : 123 ,
..., // Fields as specified in the model you queried
_nango_metadata : {
deleted_at : null ,
last_action : 'ADDED' ,
first_seen_at : ' 2023-09-18 T 15 : 20 : 35.941305 + 00 : 00 ' ,
last_modified_at : ' 2023-09-18 T 15 : 20 : 35.941305 + 00 : 00 ' ,
cursor : 'MjAyNC 0 wMi 0 yNlQwMzowMDozOS 42 MjMzODgtMDU 6 MDB 8 fGVlMDYwM 2E1 LTEwNDktNDA 4 Zi 05 YTEwLTJjNzVmNDkwODNjYQ=='
}
},
...
],
next_cursor : "Y3JlYXRlZF9hdF4yMDIzLTExLTE3VDExOjQ3OjE0LjQ0NyswMjowMHxpZF4xYTE2MTYwMS0yMzk5LTQ4MzYtYWFiMi1mNjk1ZWI2YTZhYzI"
}
Trigger sync(s)
Triggers an additional, one-off execution of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.
const records = await nango . triggerSync ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , [ 'SYNC_NAME1' , 'SYNC_NAME2' ], '<CONNECTION_ID>' );
Parameters
The name of the syncs to trigger. If the array is empty, all syncs are triggered.
The connection ID. If omitted, the sync will trigger for all relevant connections.
Response
Empty response.
Start schedule for sync(s)
Starts the schedule of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.
await nango . startSync ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , [ 'SYNC_NAME1' , 'SYNC_NAME2' ], '<CONNECTION_ID>' )
Parameters
The name of the syncs that should be triggered.
The connection ID. If ommitted, the sync will trigger for all relevant connections.
Response
Empty response.
Pause schedule for sync(s)
Pauses the schedule of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.
await nango . startSync ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , [ 'SYNC_NAME1' , 'SYNC_NAME2' ], '<CONNECTION_ID>' )
Parameters
The name of the syncs that should be paused.
The connection ID. If ommitted, the sync will pause for all relevant connections.
Response
Empty response.
Sync status
Get the status of specified sync(s) for a given connection or all applicable connections if no connection is specified.
await nango . syncStatus ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , [ 'SYNC_NAME1' , 'SYNC_NAME2' ], '<CONNECTION_ID>' )
Parameters
The name of the syncs you want to fetch a status for. Pass in ”*” to return all syncs.
The connection ID. If omitted, all connections will be surfaced.
Response
{
"syncs" : [
{
"id" : "<string>" ,
"name" : "<string>" ,
"status" : "RUNNING" ,
"type" : "INCREMENTAL" ,
"finishedAt" : "<string>" ,
"nextScheduledSyncAt" : "<string>" ,
"frequency" : "<string>" ,
"latestResult" : {}
}
]
}
Override sync connection frequency
Override a sync’s default frequency for a specific connection, or revert to the default frequency.
await nango . updateSyncConnectionFrequency ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , 'SYNC_NAME' , '<CONNECTION_ID>' , '<FREQUENCY>' )
Parameters
The frequency you want to set (ex: ‘every hour’). Set to null
to revert to the default frequency.
Response
{
"frequency" : "<string>"
}
Get environment variables
Retrieve the environment variables as added in the Nango dashboard.
await nango . getEnvironmentVariables ();
Parameters
No parameters.
Response
[
{
"name" : "MY_SECRET_KEY" ,
"value" : "SK_373892NSHFNCOWFO..."
}
]
Actions
Trigger an action
Triggers an action for a connection.
await nango . triggerAction ( '<INTEGRATION-ID>' , '<CONNECTION_ID>' , '<ACTION-NAME>' , { 'custom_key1' : 'custom_value1' });
Parameters
The name of the action to trigger.
The necessary input for your action’s runAction
function.
Response
{
"your-properties" : "The data returned by the action"
}
Proxy
Proxy - GET requests
Triggers an action for a connection.
const res = await nango . get ({
endpoint: '/endpoint' ,
providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>' ,
connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>' ,
baseUrlOverride: 'https://base-url.com'
});
Parameters
The endpoint of the request.
The integration ID (for credential injection).
The connection ID (for credential injection).
The headers of the request.
params
Record<string, string | number>
The query parameters of the request.
The number of retries in case of failure (with exponential back-off). Optional, default 0.
Array of additional status codes to retry a request in addition to the 5xx, 429, ECONNRESET, ETIMEDOUT, and ECONNABORTED
The API base URL. Can be ommitted if the base URL is configured for this API in the providers.yaml .
Override the decompress option when making requests. Optional, defaults to false
responseType
'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'document' | 'json' | 'text' | 'stream'
The type of the response.
Response
The response from the external API is passed back to you exactly as Nango gets it:
response code
response headers
response body
Proxy - POST requests
Triggers an action for a connection.
const res = await nango . post ({
endpoint: '/endpoint' ,
providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>' ,
connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>' ,
baseUrlOverride: 'https://base-url.com'
});
Parameters
The endpoint of the request.
The integration ID (for credential injection).
The connection ID (for credential injection).
The headers of the request.
params
Record<string, string | number>
The query parameters of the request.
The number of retries in case of failure (with exponential back-off). Optional, default 0.
Array of additional status codes to retry a request in addition to the 5xx, 429, ECONNRESET, ETIMEDOUT, and ECONNABORTED
The API base URL. Can be ommitted if the base URL is configured for this API in the providers.yaml .
Override the decompress option when making requests. Optional, defaults to false
responseType
'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'document' | 'json' | 'text' | 'stream'
The type of the response.
Response
The response from the external API is passed back to you exactly as Nango gets it:
response code
response headers
response body
Proxy - PUT requests
Triggers an action for a connection.
const res = await nango . put ({
endpoint: '/endpoint' ,
providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>' ,
connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>' ,
baseUrlOverride: 'https://base-url.com'
});
Parameters
The endpoint of the request.
The integration ID (for credential injection).
The connection ID (for credential injection).
The headers of the request.
params
Record<string, string | number>
The query parameters of the request.
The number of retries in case of failure (with exponential back-off). Optional, default 0.
Array of additional status codes to retry a request in addition to the 5xx, 429, ECONNRESET, ETIMEDOUT, and ECONNABORTED
The API base URL. Can be ommitted if the base URL is configured for this API in the providers.yaml .
Override the decompress option when making requests. Optional, defaults to false
responseType
'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'document' | 'json' | 'text' | 'stream'
The type of the response.
Response
The response from the external API is passed back to you exactly as Nango gets it:
response code
response headers
response body
Proxy - PATCH requests
Triggers an action for a connection.
const res = await nango . patch ({
endpoint: '/endpoint' ,
providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>' ,
connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>' ,
baseUrlOverride: 'https://base-url.com'
});
Parameters
The endpoint of the request.
The integration ID (for credential injection).
The connection ID (for credential injection).
The headers of the request.
params
Record<string, string | number>
The query parameters of the request.
The number of retries in case of failure (with exponential back-off). Optional, default 0.
Array of additional status codes to retry a request in addition to the 5xx, 429, ECONNRESET, ETIMEDOUT, and ECONNABORTED
The API base URL. Can be ommitted if the base URL is configured for this API in the providers.yaml .
Override the decompress option when making requests. Optional, defaults to false
responseType
'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'document' | 'json' | 'text' | 'stream'
The type of the response.
Response
The response from the external API is passed back to you exactly as Nango gets it:
response code
response headers
response body
Proxy - DELETE requests
Triggers an action for a connection.
const res = await nango . delete ({
endpoint: '/endpoint' ,
providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>' ,
connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>' ,
baseUrlOverride: 'https://base-url.com'
});
Parameters
The endpoint of the request.
The integration ID (for credential injection).
The connection ID (for credential injection).
The headers of the request.
params
Record<string, string | number>
The query parameters of the request.
The number of retries in case of failure (with exponential back-off). Optional, default 0.
Array of additional status codes to retry a request in addition to the 5xx, 429, ECONNRESET, ETIMEDOUT, and ECONNABORTED
The API base URL. Can be ommitted if the base URL is configured for this API in the providers.yaml .
Override the decompress option when making requests. Optional, defaults to false
responseType
'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'document' | 'json' | 'text' | 'stream'
The type of the response.
Response
The response from the external API is passed back to you exactly as Nango gets it:
response code
response headers
response body