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

The way to integrate Bolt.new with LeadSquared is simply to call LeadSquared’s public REST APIs from inside your Bolt.new project using HTTPS requests and authenticated with your LeadSquared API Key + Secret. Bolt.new does not have a built‑in LeadSquared connector, so you integrate the standard way: environment variables for credentials, fetch/axios for API calls, and (optionally) LeadSquared webhooks if you want LeadSquared to call your Bolt backend.

 

What “integration” really means here

 

Bolt.new is just a workspace that runs your backend code (Node, Python, etc.) and exposes URLs. LeadSquared provides normal REST APIs. So the integration is:

• Your Bolt backend sends HTTPS requests to LeadSquared’s API endpoints.
• You authenticate each request with your LeadSquared AccessKey and SecretKey.
• You store these keys in Bolt.new environment variables.
• You create routes inside your Bolt project that act as your “integration layer.”
• If you need LeadSquared to push data to you, you expose a public Bolt route as a webhook.

 

Step‑by‑step: How to integrate LeadSquared inside a Bolt.new full‑stack app

 

This is the simplest correct flow:

• Get API credentials from LeadSquared: Access Key + Secret Key. These are available in: LeadSquared → Settings → API & Webhooks → API Access Keys.
• In Bolt.new: open Project → Environment Variables → add: LEADSQUARED_ACCESS_KEY LEADSQUARED_SECRET_KEY
• Create a backend route in Bolt (Node.js example) that makes a call to LeadSquared’s API, e.g., create/update a lead.
• Test API calls from Bolt’s browser console or `/api/test` route.

 

Example: A working Node.js route in Bolt.new that creates a Lead in LeadSquared

 

This matches LeadSquared’s documented “Create or Update Lead” endpoint. It uses the standard fetch API and reads credentials from environment variables.

 

// routes/leads.js

import express from "express";
const router = express.Router();

router.post("/create", async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const { EmailAddress, FirstName, LastName } = req.body;

    const accessKey = process.env.LEADSQUARED_ACCESS_KEY;
    const secretKey = process.env.LEADSQUARED_SECRET_KEY;

    const payload = [
      { Attribute: "EmailAddress", Value: EmailAddress },
      { Attribute: "FirstName", Value: FirstName },
      { Attribute: "LastName", Value: LastName }
    ];

    const response = await fetch(
      "https://api.leadsquared.com/v2/LeadManagement.svc/Lead.CreateOrUpdate?accessKey=" +
        accessKey +
        "&secretKey=" +
        secretKey,
      {
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
        body: JSON.stringify(payload)
      }
    );

    const data = await response.json();
    res.json({ ok: true, result: data });
  } catch (err) {
    res.status(500).json({ ok: false, error: err.message });
  }
});

export default router;

 

Hooking this route into your Bolt app

 

// server.js

import express from "express";
import leadsRouter from "./routes/leads.js";

const app = express();
app.use(express.json());

app.use("/api/leads", leadsRouter);

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log("Server running on port 3000");
});

 

If you want LeadSquared to send data into Bolt (webhooks)

 

• Create a route in Bolt, for example /webhooks/leadsquared.
• Expose it publicly (Bolt does this automatically for backend routes).
• Register this URL inside LeadSquared → Settings → API & Webhooks → Webhooks.
• Handle incoming POST requests (LeadSquared sends JSON payloads).

 

// routes/webhooks.js

import express from "express";
const router = express.Router();

router.post("/leadsquared", (req, res) => {
  // LeadSquared will POST lead updates here
  console.log("Webhook received:", req.body);
  res.status(200).send("ok");
});

export default router;

 

Security & hardening

 

• Never hard‑code AccessKey/SecretKey. Always use environment variables.
• LeadSquared API keys are not OAuth — they work more like service credentials. Treat them like passwords.
• Limit routes that expose LeadSquared functionality (use authentication or API keys on your side).
li>Validate input before you send it to LeadSquared.
• Log errors but avoid logging credentials.

 

Summary: the whole integration in one sentence

 

You integrate Bolt.new with LeadSquared by creating backend routes inside your Bolt project that call LeadSquared’s REST APIs using your LeadSquared AccessKey and SecretKey stored as environment variables, and optionally exposing webhook endpoints so LeadSquared can push data back to your Bolt app.