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

You integrate Bolt.new with Doodle by calling Doodle’s real, documented REST API from inside your Bolt.new project (frontend or backend) using an API token that you generate in your Doodle account. There is no special “Bolt → Doodle” connector. You treat Doodle exactly like any external service: store credentials in environment variables, make authenticated HTTPS requests, and handle the JSON responses to create, fetch, or manage scheduling links or bookings.

 

What Doodle Actually Provides

 

Doodle exposes a real REST API. It lets you create polls, manage meeting invites, fetch booking page data, etc. To call it, you must:

• Have a Doodle account (Premium for API access in most cases).
• Generate an API token in Doodle’s settings.
• Call api.doodle.com endpoints using standard HTTPS + Bearer-token authentication.

There is no SDK; it's pure REST. This is good: Bolt.new works perfectly with REST APIs.

 

Minimal Working Flow Inside Bolt.new

 

This is the simplest functional architecture that works in the workspace:

• Put your Doodle API token in Environment Variables in Bolt.new.
• Create a backend route (Node/Express) that makes a fetch call to Doodle’s API.
• From the frontend, call your backend route.

This keeps your token safe — it never leaves the backend.

 

Backend Example (Node in Bolt.new)

 

This code shows a real authenticated request to Doodle’s API. It demonstrates how you would fetch the current user (a simple test call), and proves integration works.

// backend/index.js
import express from "express";
import fetch from "node-fetch";

const app = express();

app.get("/api/doodle/me", async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const response = await fetch("https://api.doodle.com/api/v1/me", {
      method: "GET",
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DOODLE_API_TOKEN}`
      }
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      const text = await response.text();
      return res.status(response.status).send(text);
    }

    const data = await response.json();
    res.send(data);
  } catch (err) {
    res.status(500).send({ error: err.message });
  }
});

app.listen(3001, () => console.log("Backend running on 3001"));

 

Inside Bolt.new, add your token via:

• Environment → Add Variable → Key: DOODLE_API_TOKEN

Then run the backend. If you hit /api/doodle/me, you’ll receive the authenticated user JSON from Doodle. This confirms the integration is real and working.

 

Frontend Example (React in Bolt.new)

 

This shows how your frontend talks to your backend, not directly to Doodle.

// frontend/App.jsx
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";

export default function App() {
  const [me, setMe] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    fetch("/api/doodle/me")
      .then(res => res.json())
      .then(setMe)
      .catch(err => console.error(err));
  }, []);

  return (
    <div>
      <h3>Doodle Integration Test</h3>
      <pre>{JSON.stringify(me, null, 2)}</pre>
    </div>
  );
}

 

Creating Real Doodle Objects

 

Once your test route works, you can expand to actual business logic:

• Create meeting polls.
• List or update booking pages.
• Add participants.
• Fetch poll results.

You do all of these via authenticated POST/GET requests to Doodle’s documented endpoints. The pattern is always the same: backend route calling Doodle → return safe JSON to frontend.

 

Important Notes

 

• Bolt.new does not “plug into” Doodle — you wire it manually using API calls.
• You must keep the Doodle API token in environment variables, never in frontend code.
• All integration testing can be done directly inside the Bolt.new workspace.
• When deploying outside Bolt, use the same pattern: environment variables + backend routes.

 

This is the practical, real, production-valid way to integrate Bolt.new with Doodle.