Customizing the Data.com integration

If you wish to customize any aspect of the Data.com integration, you need to request your own API access token from Data.com.

Using a custom Data.com API token

Follow the steps below if you need to work with a custom Data.com access token in your API:

1. Open your web project in Visual Studio.

2. Create a new class:

   • In the project’s App_Code folder (or CMSApp_AppCode -> Old_App_Codeif the project is installed as a web application)
     OR
   • As part of a custom assembly (Class library)

3. Add a reference to the CMS.DataCom namespace:

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     using CMS.DataCom;
   
   
    

4. Make the class implement the ITokenProvider interface.

5. Add the GetToken() method and return your Data.com token as a string:

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    public class CustomDataComTokenProvider : ITokenProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the token used for Data.com communication.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Token</returns>
        public string GetToken()
        {
            return "Your Data.Com API Token";
        }
    }
   
   
    

Whenever you call the DataComHelper.CreateClient method in your custom code, add an instance of your ITokenProvider class as a parameter:

using CMS.DataCom;

...

DataComClient client = DataComHelper.CreateClient(new CustomDataComTokenProvider());