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Appian as the backend for our external application

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November 17, 2024
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Can we leverage Appian as the backend for our external application developed using Blazor, enabling access to all Appian resources through APIs, including the standard Appian login, password reset, and password recovery functionalities

stefanhelzle0001

Yes you can. Not sure what you mean with "login". When using APIs only, you would use service accounts for communication.

IMHO using Appian as a headless backend is not a great idea. Appian is meant to implement business processes with human interaction. For that interaction you design interfaces in Appian and make use of the built-in process and task management capabilities. In your situation, you would probably lose all these benefits and end up reinventing the wheel. But that's just my opinion without knowing any details about your use case.

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ahmadb803565Author

My question is whether there are built-in APIs to take advantage of full user management functionality for our online applications or if we need to create our own user management within the Appian platform. In my case, there are two sites: one on our local servers for administration purposes and other internal business process management, and the other is an online website that helps our partner login and use some online services. Our admin who works on the local site will define the users for the first time, and when our partners access the portal, they will proceed with the password change process and login in the same way as done for Appian local users.

stefanhelzle0001

There are no built-in APIs for user management. But you can easily create some web API endpoints in Appian to expose the functionality you need.

Did you consider SSO and an external identity provider?

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