Friendbuy
Friendbuy (opens in a new tab) is a customer referral platform that helps businesses create and manage referral programs to acquire new customers through word-of-mouth marketing.
Prerequisites
In order to integrate with Friendbuy, you'll need to collect the following information:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Domain* | The Friendbuy API domain (default: api.friendbuy.com/v2) |
| API token* | Your long-lived API token. Follow Friendbuy's docs to obtain your long-lived token (opens in a new tab) |
| Friendbuy user ID* | The location in your owned database where you store Friendbuy User Ids, in the following format: dataset.collection.field |
Integrating with Friendbuy
To integrate an existing system with Friendbuy:
- Navigate to Data map → View Systems and choose the system that you want to connect.
- Click on the Integrations tab.
- Pick the vendor or system type that you want to integrate with from the Connection type drop-down menu.
- Complete the required fields for the integration and click Save.
You may confirm your connection is working using the Test connection button, if desired.
To learn more, please see our guide for Managing Integrations.
Technical detail
Fides utilizes API endpoints to access the API service for a SaaS application. An API service is the programmatic interface through which Fides can query and update data within an application to access, rectify, or delete personal information. Each SaaS tool will have a unique set of endpoints to enable privacy functions.
Friendbuy Endpoints
In the table below, you can find which endpoints are used for each type of privacy function. Clicking on the endpoint will take you to the documentation for that endpoint.
| Privacy function | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Access Requests | Customers (opens in a new tab) | Returns information about a customer. |
| Update or Delete Requests | Delete User Data (opens in a new tab) | Used to mask or erase records for a user. |