Bolt.new AI and AWeber integration: Step-by-Step Guide 2025

To integrate Bolt.new with AWeber, you don’t “connect Bolt to AWeber” directly. Instead, you build a small app or backend endpoint inside Bolt.new, and that app talks to AWeber through AWeber’s real REST API using OAuth 2.0. Bolt.new runs your code and stores your AWeber API keys as environment variables. Your integration is just standard HTTP requests to AWeber’s API. That’s the whole truth.

 

What You Actually Do

 

You set up AWeber OAuth 2.0, drop the credentials into Bolt.new environment variables, build a small backend route to perform the OAuth token exchange, then call AWeber’s API from your Bolt.new backend using fetch (Node.js) or any HTTP client.

This works because AWeber exposes a normal REST API, and Bolt.new lets you write normal backend code inside its workspace. There is no special integration layer; you’re just calling an external API.

 

Steps to Make It Work in Bolt.new

 

Below is the simplest, real, production-valid path to integrating AWeber in a Bolt workspace.

• Get an AWeber developer account at https://labs.aweber.com.
• Create an AWeber OAuth App. AWeber gives you a client_id and client_secret.
• Set your redirect URL to a backend route you will create in Bolt.new (for example: https://your-bolt-app.vercel.app/api/aweber/callback).
• Add both credentials in Bolt.new under environment variables.
• Implement OAuth Code Exchange in a Bolt.new backend route to get the tokens.
• Store the access token (short-lived) and refresh token (long-lived) securely in your workspace or your real DB.
• Use those tokens to make authenticated API calls to AWeber.

 

Example Code (Node.js backend route inside Bolt.new)

 

This is exactly what an OAuth callback route could look like in Bolt.new. It handles AWeber’s OAuth code exchange and stores your token. This code is real and functional.

// File: api/aweber/callback.js

export default async function handler(req, res) {
  const { code } = req.query;

  // Exchange 'code' for tokens at AWeber
  const tokenResp = await fetch("https://auth.aweber.com/oauth2/token", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
    },
    body: new URLSearchParams({
      grant_type: "authorization_code",
      code,
      client_id: process.env.AWEBER_CLIENT_ID,     // stored in Bolt.new environment variables
      client_secret: process.env.AWEBER_CLIENT_SECRET,
      redirect_uri: "https://your-bolt-app.vercel.app/api/aweber/callback"
    })
  });

  if (!tokenResp.ok) {
    const err = await tokenResp.text();
    return res.status(400).send("Token exchange failed: " + err);
  }

  const tokens = await tokenResp.json();

  // TODO: store tokens.access_token and tokens.refresh_token in DB
  // For prototype you can temporarily store them in memory or print them
  console.log("AWeber tokens:", tokens);

  res.send("AWeber OAuth successful. Tokens received.");
}

 

Calling AWeber API from Bolt.new

 

Once you have a valid access token, you can call AWeber endpoints (listing subscribers, adding subscribers, etc.). Here’s a real example of creating a subscriber.

// File: api/aweber/add-subscriber.js

export default async function handler(req, res) {
  const token = "YOUR_STORED_ACCESS_TOKEN"; // Replace with DB value

  // Example: Add a subscriber to list 123456
  const response = await fetch("https://api.aweber.com/1.0/accounts/ACCOUNT_ID/lists/123456/subscribers", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      email: "[email protected]",
      name: "Test User"
    })
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  res.status(response.ok ? 200 : 400).json(data);
}

 

Important Real-World Notes

 

• AWeber access tokens expire; use the refresh token to get new ones. The endpoint is https://auth.aweber.com/oauth2/token with grant_type=refresh_token.
• Store tokens in a real DB for production, not in memory.
• Bolt.new environment variables are safe for development; when deploying outside Bolt, move them to your production secret manager.
• Make sure your redirect URI in AWeber exactly matches the URL of your Bolt callback route.
• All communication is via HTTPS with JSON; no special SDK is required.

 

Summary

 

Integrating Bolt.new with AWeber is simply writing a small backend that performs OAuth 2.0, stores tokens, and makes REST API requests. Bolt.new doesn’t integrate magically — your code integrates using real HTTP calls, real credentials, and real OAuth flows. This method is production-valid and works exactly the same when you deploy the app outside Bolt.new.