Connect Basecamp
- Sign in to NudgeHost, open your dashboard and scroll to Connected apps.
- Beside Basecamp, click Connect Basecamp.
- Basecamp asks you to log in if you aren't already, then asks whether NudgeHost may access your Basecamp accounts. Click Yes, I'll allow access.
- Basecamp sends you back to the dashboard, where Basecamp shows Connected and your Basecamp account's name.
It works on every NudgeHost plan, including Free. If your Basecamp login belongs to more than one Basecamp account, you pick the account each time you send a link.
Send a link
- In Your files, click the Send to Basecamp button beside the link. It sits between Settings and Delete. On a link's own page it sits beside Settings.
- Pick the project, and the account first if you have more than one.
- Check the title, add a note if you like, and click Add to Docs & Files.
- NudgeHost shows the project the link went to, and a button that opens it in Basecamp.
If you've connected Linear too, the same button is called Send to… and opens a short menu. Choose Send to Basecamp there.
What the dialog asks for
| Field | What goes in it |
|---|---|
| Account | Shown only when your Basecamp login belongs to more than one Basecamp account. |
| Project | Any project you can see in that account. The project needs Docs & Files switched on. A new Basecamp project starts without it, so add Docs, Files & Images from the project's Add a tool list first. |
| Title | The file's name to start with. Change it to anything. |
| Note | Optional. It shows under the link in Docs & Files. |
What Basecamp shows
- The link goes into the project's Docs & Files as a link to a file kept elsewhere, with the title and note you gave it.
- NudgeHost adds only that entry. It doesn't post a message or make a to-do.
- If the project has clients, the entry is hidden from them.
- The link opens the file for anyone with the address, as it does everywhere else. A password-protected link still asks for its password.
- NudgeHost doesn't change the entry after it's added. If you put a new file on the same link, the same address opens the new version. If you delete the link, or it reaches its end date, the entry stays in Basecamp and the link stops opening the file.
Plans
Send to Basecamp works the same on every plan, the Free plan included. When a link has an end date, from your plan or one you set, the dialog says when.
Sending a link doesn't make a new link, so it doesn't count toward your plan's limit.
What NudgeHost can do in Basecamp
- Basecamp's approval screen asks whether NudgeHost may have access to your Basecamp accounts, and names no narrower permission. Approving it lets NudgeHost reach everything your Basecamp login can.
- NudgeHost uses that access only to list your accounts and projects, and to add a link to Docs & Files when you click Add to Docs & Files.
- It never reads your messages, to-dos or files, and never changes or deletes anything already in Basecamp.
- Basecamp's access keys stay on NudgeHost's servers, encrypted. Your browser never holds them.
Disconnect Basecamp
- In Connected apps, click Disconnect beside Basecamp.
- Click Disconnect again to confirm.
NudgeHost deletes its Basecamp access keys straight away. Links already in Docs & Files stay there, and keep opening while the links last.
Disconnecting deletes the access keys NudgeHost holds for your Basecamp account, so NudgeHost can no longer reach it. Basecamp's own Connected apps page doesn't list NudgeHost, so disconnecting here is how you end its access.
If Basecamp stops accepting NudgeHost's access, the dashboard shows Access ended beside Basecamp, with a Reconnect button.
If you close your NudgeHost account, NudgeHost deletes its Basecamp access keys as one of the steps.