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Overview

To authenticate with Marketo, you need these key pieces of information:
  1. Client ID - Your Marketo Access Client ID
  2. Client Secret - Your Marketo Client Secret
  3. Domain - Your Marketo domain (xxx.mktorest.com)
  4. Identity URL - Your Marketo domain (xxx.mktorest.com/identity/oauth/token)
This guide will walk you through finding or creating those credentials within Marketo.

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Prerequisites:

  • You must set up an account with Marketo.

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Step 1: Finding Marketo Client ID

  1. Create an API role (if not already created) and give it the Read-Only Lead permission with a descriptive name, then click Create.
  1. Go back to the Users tab and click Invite New User. Give your user a descriptive name that indicates it is an API user, and an email address, then click Next.
  1. Proceed to check the API Only option and award your user the API role that you created and click Next.
  2. To complete the user creation process, click Send.
  1. Navigate to LaunchPoint > New and New Service. Give your service a descriptive name and select Custom from the Service dropdown menu. Give it a description, then select your new user from the API Only User dropdown menu and click Create.
  1. Navigate to Admin > Integration > LaunchPoint and click View Details for your new service to access the Client ID and Client Secret.

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Step 2: Get Your Client Secret

  • From the previous step, also securely store your Client Secret.

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Step 3: Find Your Domain and Identity URL

  1. Next, navigate to Admin > Integration > Web Services to get the endpoint and identity URL.

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Step 4: Connect Your Marketo Account

To authenticate using your API credentials, navigate to the Marketo authentication form. Enter your credentials as follows:
  • Client ID: Your Marketo Access Key
  • Client Secret: Your Marketo Access Key Secret
  • Domain: Your Marketo domain
  • Identity URL: Your Marketo domain
Click “Connect” to complete the authentication.