Support of 2 Step Authentication in Download Tool

[TerryM]

Does Download tool support 2 step authentication? 

Step 1: Log into a website using credentials to get session ID

Step 2: Extract data with session ID

Is it possible to do this in Alteryx? If download tool doesn't work, what is the best approach?

Thanks.

Terry

[patrick_mcauliffe]

The process is outlined here:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Knowledge-Base/APIs-in-Alteryx-cURL-and-Download-T...

[TashaA · Accepted solution]

Hey Terry! 

Depending on the authentication protocol being used by the service you are working with, you could do something like this: 

Text Input (w/credentials) 

Download Tool - call an endpoint that allows you to get an auth token

Download Tool (again) - use the token that was returned by the 1st Download Tool to make an API call

I have done this plenty of times in big macros or workflows, I usually have one download tool calling an authentication service and then feed that token to 1 or many other download tools in the same workflow!

-Tasha

You might also find this article helpful : https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Knowledge-Base/Guide-to-Creating-Your-Own-Connecto...

[i606557]

Hi. Would you please share an example workflow.