Add an App and Get Customer (aka API) Key – Zebra Data Services Instructions

Target Audience: Advanced User 

Article #: 13892

Summary

This Instruction Article explains how to register your printer in the Zebra Data Services cloud to enable cloud printing (aka IoT printing).

Preparation

• Setup an account on the Zebra Developer Portal

Instructions

1. Log into the Zebra Developer Portal and navigate to the SendFileToPrinter model SendFileToPrinter | Developer Portal (zebra.com)
2. Add an App
   1. Open the ‘Data Services’ menu, click on API List, look for “Apps” from the My Data Services menu
   2. Click on “Create App +”
   3. Use any App name and select the ‘Send File To Printer (Free)’ checkbox in the APIs frame. Callback URL is not needed. Select ‘Add app’ button. Confirm screen.
   4. Click the three dots to the right of the new App listed. Select ‘View Details’.
   5. Take note of the ‘Consumer Key’. This is the API Key needed for setting up a Zebra Cloud Printer in CODESOFT: Set up a Cloud printer port for a Zebra Printer – CODESOFT Instructions.

Additional comments

Tested Using:

Zebra Developer Portal

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