Configuration guide

Notion

Access pages and databases from Notion

Before you begin

Availability depends on your school's enabled tools, provider setup, and account permissions. These settings are managed in the web workspace. A class policy may restrict a feature described here.

How it works#

The Notion connector uses the Notion search API to fetch all pages that the connector has access to within a workspace. For follow up indexing runs, the connector only retrieves pages that have been updated since the last indexing attempt. Indexing is configured to run every 10 minutes, so page updates should appear within 10 minutes.

Setting up#

Authorization#

In order to authorize Nexus to connect to your Notion workspace, you'll need to create a new integration in Notion, which will then provide you with a secret token.

These steps are pulled from this Notion guide which you can also follow.

Step 1: Create an integration#

Visit integrations page#

Visit https://www.notion.com/my-integrations in your browser.

Create new integration#

Click the + New integration button.

Name the integration#

Name the integration (something like "Nexus" could work).

Set capabilities#

Select "Read content" as the only capability required for Nexus.

Submit#

Click Submit to create the integration.

On the next page, you'll find your Notion integration token, also called an API key. You'll need this token to configure Nexus to index Notion, so make a copy of it.

The integration has been added to the workspace, so any member can share pages and databases with it. There's no requirement to be an Admin to share information with an integration.

Now that you've created an integration, you need to grant it access to Notion pages/databases. To keep your information secure, integrations don't have access to any pages or databases in the workspace at first. You must share specific pages with an integration in order for Nexus to access those pages.

To share a page/database with your integration:

Navigate to page#

Go to the page/database in your workspace.

Click the ••• on the top right corner of the page.

Add connections#

Scroll to the bottom of the pop-up and click Add connections.

Select integration#

Search for and select the new integration in the Search for connections... menu.

Note about child pages#

If you've added a page, all child pages also become accessible to Nexus.

If you've added a database, all rows (and their children) become accessible to Nexus.

Once you've granted access to a page/database, you can start configuring Nexus to index those databases.

Indexing#

Open Notion connector#

Navigate to the Admin Panel and select the Notion connector.

Enter Integration Token#

In Step 1, provide the Integration Token Secret you obtained in the "Authorization" steps above:

Connect and index#

Click the Connect button! Your content will then be pulled into Nexus every 10 minutes.

Note - As mentioned, the Notion connector currently indexes everything it has access to. If you want to limit specific content being indexed, simply unshare the database from Notion with the integration.

Before using this source with students#

Start with approved course material. Check which documents the connector can retrieve and how it maps source permissions. Test with a student account and a teacher account before widening access. A successful sync does not prove that the intended class boundary is correct.

Use source troubleshooting when a document is missing or visible to the wrong audience.