CDW’s API access is self-serve through their developer portal: anyone can sign up, subscribe to a product, and generate a subscription key — see the setup guide below.
🚀 Quickstart
Connect to CDW with Nango and see data flow in 2 minutes.1
Create the integration
In Nango (free signup), go to Integrations -> Configure New Integration -> CDW.
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Authorize CDW
Go to Connections -> Add Test Connection -> Authorize, then enter your subscription key (leave Environment on production unless you subscribed via CDW’s PreProd sandbox). Later, you’ll let your users do the same directly from your app.
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Call the CDW API
Let’s make your first request to the CDW API. This example creates a customer order (Or fetch credentials with the Node SDK or API.✅ You’re connected! Check the Logs tab in Nango to inspect requests.
POST /v1/customers/orders) — swap in the endpoint for the product(s) you subscribed to if different. Replace the placeholders below with your Environment API key, integration ID, and connection ID:- cURL
- Node
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Implement Nango in your app
Follow our quickstart to integrate Nango in your app.To obtain your own production credentials, follow the setup guide linked below.
📚 CDW Integration Guides
Nango maintained guides for common use cases.- How do I link my CDW account? Sign up on the CDW developer portal, subscribe to a product, and connect your subscription key to Nango
🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for CDW
Enable them in your dashboard. Extend and customize to fit your needs. No pre-built syncs or actions available yet.API gotchas
- CDW’s gateway (Azure API Management) automatically rotates subscription keys every 30 days. If requests start failing with an authentication error, generate a new subscription key from the developer portal and update your Nango connection.
- Available products/endpoints depend on what you subscribed to in the developer portal (for example, the Customers product exposes the Customer Order API at
/v1/customers/orders). CDW also runs a separate PreProd sandbox (apiconnect.preprod.cdw.com) with its own products and subscription keys — pick Environment on the Connect form (or setbaseUrlin the connection config) to switch between production and PreProd. - Creating a real order additionally requires a
customerIdthat CDW’s account team has registered for you — an unrecognizedcustomerIdis rejected with"statusCode": "REJECTED"before anything is processed.