Pinterest Connector
Intro
Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows members to "pin" images, videos and other objects to their pinboard. Use Domo's Pinterest connector to retrieve data about followers, pins, likes, and many other Pinterest entities. To learn more about the Pinterest API, visit their page (https://developers.pinterest.com/).
Primary Use Cases |
This connector is appropriate for pulling Pinterest data such as pins, likes, and so on. |
Primary Metrics |
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Primary Company Roles |
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Average Implementation Time |
10 minutes or less |
Ease of Use (on a 1-to-10 scale with 1 being easiest) |
2 |
You connect to your Pinterest account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Pinterest connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Prerequisites
To connect to your Pinterest account and create a DataSet, you must have credentials for the account (the email address you use to log into Pinterest and your Pinterest password) OR Facebook or Google credentials.
Connecting to Your Pinterest Account
This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Pinterest Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Credentials Pane
The Domo Pinterest connector uses OAuth to connect, so there is no need to enter credentials within Domo. Click Connect (or select Add Account if you have existing Pinterest accounts in Domo) to open the Pinterest OAuth screen where you can enter the email address you use to log into Pinterest along with your Pinterest password. Alternatively, you can choose to enter Facebook or Google credentials. Once you have entered valid credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Pinterest DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.
Details Pane
This pane contains a primary Reports menu, along with various other menus which may or may not appear depending on the report type you select.
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Description |
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Report |
Select the Pinterest report you want to run. The following reports are available:
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Board Pins | Enter the ID of the board you want to retrieve pins for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Search Query | Enter a term to search for. |
Other Panes
For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Troubleshooting
Be aware that Follower results are often truncated (shortened). For example, you might have 9,700 followers but your DataSet would show this as "9.7." It takes logic to analyze and adjust to the correct number.