How it works

The Highspot connector indexes documents from your Highspot instance. It can index either specific spots you add or all spots where you have view access and download permissions.

Setting up

Authorization

IMPORTANT: Highspot Platform Plus is an add-on feature that provides access to the API. Without Platform Plus, users cannot access the API features required for this connector. Please ensure your organization has purchased the Platform Plus add-on before proceeding.

Enabling Developer Options

1

Open company settings

Log into your Highspot account as an administrator. Click on your profile icon in the top right corner and select “Settings”. Select “your company” under company settings.
2

Enable API access

Navigate to “Access and Privacy” and click on “API Access”. Add the user(s) who will need to generate API keys and secrets. Confirm “API Access for Users” is enabled.
Highspot company settings showing Access and Privacy with API access

Generating API Credentials

1

Open Developer settings

Log in as the user who has been granted API access. Click on the profile icon in the top right corner and select “Settings”. Look for the “Developer” tab under user settings.
2

Generate API key

Navigate to the developer section and generate a new API key. After generation, you’ll receive a key and secret.Highspot user Developer settings generating an API key and secret
3

Record credentials

Make a note of your API key, secret and base URL as you will need them for indexing.

Indexing

1

Open Highspot connector

Navigate to the Admin Panel and select the Highspot Connector Tile
2

Enter credentials

Provide your API Key, Secret, and Base URL from the steps above
3

Choose indexing options

Choose one of the following:
  • Enter specific spots you want to index
  • Index all spots where your user has view access and download permissions
4

Start indexing

Click “Connect” to begin indexing your Highspot content