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Intro

Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share and discover new interests. With the Pinterest Enterprise connector, you can check out Pinterest data including followers, following, pins, and many other Pinterest entities. To learn more about the Pinterest API, visit their page (https://developers.pinterest.com/ ). 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.

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Prerequisites

To connect to your Pinterest account and create a DataSet, you must have the following:
  • A Pinterest client ID
  • A Pinterest client secret
  • Credentials for the Pinterest account (the email address you use to log into Pinterest and your Pinterest password) OR Facebook or Google credentials.
For the Redirect URI for the client ID and client secret, enter https://oauth.domo.com/api/data/v1/oauth/providers/pinterest-enterprise/exchange. To learn how to generate a client ID and client secret, go here: https://www.codeholic.in/blog/how-to-generate-pinterest-client-id-and-secret-key/.

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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.

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Credentials Pane

This pane contains fields for entering credentials to connect to your Pinterest account. The following table describes what is needed for each field:

Field

Description

Client ID

Enter your Pinterest client ID.

Client Secret

Enter your Pinterest client secret.

To learn how to generate a client ID and client secret, go here: https://www.codeholic.in/blog/how-to-generate-pinterest-client-id-and-secret-key/. Once you have entered valid Pinterest 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.

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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.

Menu

Description

Report

Select the Pinterest report you want to run. The following reports are available:

Account

Returns the first and last name, ID, and URL of the authenticated user.

Boards

Returns a list of the authenticated user’s public boards, including the URL, ID, and name.

Board Pins

Returns a list of Pins on the board with their IDs, URLs, links, and descriptions.

Followers

Returns the users who follow the authenticated user, with their first and last names, IDs, and URLs.

Following Boards

Returns the boards that the authenticated user follows, with their IDs, names, and URLs.

Following Interests

Returns the topics that the authenticated user follows, with their names and IDs.

Following Users

Returns the users that the authenticated user follows, with their first and last names, IDs, and URLs.

Pins

Returns the IDs, links, URLs, and descriptions of the authenticated user’s Pins.

Search Boards

Searches the authenticated user’s board names (but not Pins on boards), with their IDs, names and URLs.

Search Pins

Searches the authenticated user’s Pin descriptions, matching IDs, links, URLs, and descriptions.

Board ID

Enter the ID of the board you want to pull data for. You can find boards IDs by running the “Boards” report and looking at the column called “Data Id Str.”

Query (Optional)

Lets you enter a query keyword when using the “Search Boards” and “Search Pins” reports.

Duration

Select whether you want to pull data for a specific date or a date range.

Report Date

Select whether the report data is for a specific date or for a relative number of days back from today.

Select Specific Date

Select the date for the report.

Days Back

Enter the number of past days that should appear in the report.

Start Date

Specify whether the first date in your date range is a specific or relative date. You select the last date in your range in End Date .

End Date

Specify whether the second date in your date range is a specific or relative date. You select the first date in your range in Start Date .

Select Specific Start Date

Select the first date in your date range.

Select Specific End Date

Select the second date in your date range.

Days Back to Start From

Enter the number of the farthest day back that should be represented in the report. Combine with Days Back to End At to create a range of represented days.

For example, if you entered 10 for Days Back to Start From and 5 for Days Back to End At , the report would contain data for 10 days ago up until 5 days ago.

Days Back to End At

Enter the number of the most recent day back that should be represented in the report. Combine with Days Back to Start From to create a range of represented days.

For example, if you entered 10 for Days Back to Start From and 5 for Days Back to End At , the report would contain data for 10 days ago up until 5 days ago.

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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.

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FAQs

Domo uses the OAuth process to connect to Pinterest, so your credentials are secure and are never saved. You can revoke Domo’s access to your Pinterest account at any time.
You can find boards IDs by running the “Boards” report and looking at the column called “Data Id Str.”
DataSets should be set to update once a day.
Pinterest allows each user to make up to 1000 API calls per hour. Note that a single DataSet run may require multiple API calls. The 60-minute window is a sliding window based on when you make your first request. If you hit your rate limit, you’ll only have to wait a maximum of 1 hour to get a few more requests.
In June 2017, Pinterest removed the Like button from their UI., having concluded that the differences between the Like button and the Save button were confusing to users. Now they just have the Save button. All of the items that you had marked as “Liked” prior to that time were moved to a private board in your account called “Your Pinterest Likes.”