Databox

Modified on Wed, 21 Aug at 2:14 PM

Getting Started with Databox

The Databox module allows you to send data to your Databox account.

Prerequisites

A Databox account

In order to use Databox with Make, it is necessary to have a Databox account. If you do not have one, you can create a Databox account at databox.com/signup.

Notice

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Databox to Make

To connect your Databox account to Make, you have to obtain your token.

Log in to your Databox account.
Open Data Manager and click +New connection button () in the top-right corner.
Click on the Make tile and continue by clicking the green Create token button.
Enter the name of the new connection and click the Create button.
Copy the provided token.
Go to the Make Databox module and open the Create a connection dialog.
Insert the token copied in step 5 to the respective field and click on the Continue button.

The connection is now established and you can begin to send data to your Databox account.

For more detailed information about using Make with Databox please refer to the Guide: Using Make with Databox article.

Actions

Submit Data

Sends data to the Databox.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Databox account.

Data

Enter the data (formatted as JSON) you want to send to your Databox account.

E.g.

[
    {
      "$sales": 50000,
      "unit": "USD"
    },
    {
      "$sales": 33000,
      "unit": "EUR"
    }
  ]

For more detailed documentation please refer to the Databox API documentation.