Forethought

This documentation for the Forethought integration describes the technical capabilities of this integration, including authorization, scopes/permissions, and utilized endpoints. For more information on how to integrate Forethought, visit our connection instructions.

Version

This integration utilizes the Forethought GDPR Data Deletion API.

Base URL

The base URL used for all Forethought API endpoints:

https://solve-api.forethought.ai/solve/gdpr/v1

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Authentication & Authorization

The DataGrail Forethought integration connects using token authentication which requires an API Token.

Sensitive Credentials

Publicly exposing your API credentials can allow unauthorized access to Forethought API endpoints by a third party. DataGrail stores your API credentials encrypted and protected.

Endpoints Utilized

DataGrail uses the following endpoints to authorize and test the connection:

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
GET	/status	Validate credentials

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Limits

Limits in Forethought are calculated using the leaky bucket algorithm. All requests that are made after rate limits have been exceeded are throttled and an HTTP 429 Too Many Requests error is returned. Requests succeed again after enough requests have emptied out of the bucket.

• DataGrail supports requests throttling to stay within 70-80% of specified service rate limits.
• DataGrail processes API responses with HTTP 429 status to interrupt requests, waiting and retrying (using an exponential backoff strategy).

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Capabilities

Deletion

DataGrail's Forethought integration provides Asynchronous (Whole Record) Deletion capabilities for the following supported identifier categories: User ID and Service ID.

Data Interactions

For Deletion requests, DataGrail will take the following actions:

1. Submit a deletion request using the User ID and/or Service ID identifiers, mapped to Forethought's user_id and conversation_id parameters.
2. Poll the deletion status until Forethought reports it as completed or not_found.

Endpoints Utilized

Method	Endpoint	Purpose	Docs
GET	/status	Check the status of a deletion request
POST	/user	Submit a deletion request

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