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

There is no native or direct “Bolt.new → UserTesting” integration. The way you integrate them is by treating Bolt.new as a place where you scaffold a backend or script that talks to the UserTesting REST API using normal HTTP requests with an API token. Bolt itself does not connect automatically to UserTesting — you must write the API calls, store credentials as environment variables, and build whatever workflow you want (create tests, fetch participant data, pull insights, etc.).

Everything works through standard REST API calls. You authenticate using a UserTesting Bearer token, send requests to their public API endpoints, and Bolt.new simply runs the JavaScript or Python code that calls those endpoints. From there you can automate tasks like creating tests or fetching results.

 

What You Actually Do

 

You integrate Bolt.new AI with UserTesting by writing code inside a Bolt.new project that calls the official UserTesting REST API. You store the API key in Bolt’s environment variables, write functions to call UserTesting endpoints, test them in Bolt’s preview server, then deploy the final service outside Bolt once it works.

 

• Bolt.new = your coding workspace. It doesn’t have pre-built connectors. You write the integration.
• UserTesting = provides an authenticated REST API. This is the only official integration path.
• Authentication = Bearer token. You store this token in Bolt’s environment vars.
• Your code = makes HTTPS requests. Usually via fetch() in Node or axios.

 

Step-by-step: How to integrate via Bolt.new

 

You can explain this to a junior developer: “We write a small backend in Bolt.new that connects to UserTesting’s API using a secret key.”

• Create a Bolt.new project (Node.js is simplest).
• Open the Environment Variables panel and add: USERTESING_API_TOKEN = your_real_token\_here
• Use fetch()/axios to call UserTesting’s REST API.
• Test inside Bolt.new’s preview server.

 

Minimal working example (Node.js in Bolt)

 

// Example: Fetching your UserTesting account details
// Works in a Bolt.new Node server or script

import express from "express";
import fetch from "node-fetch";

const app = express();

app.get("/usertesting/account", async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const response = await fetch("https://api.usertesting.com/v1/account", {
      method: "GET",
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.USERTESING_API_TOKEN}`, // store this in Bolt env vars
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
      }
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      return res.status(500).json({ error: "UserTesting API error", detail: await response.text() });
    }

    const data = await response.json();
    res.json(data);
  } catch (err) {
    res.status(500).json({ error: "Integration failed", detail: err.message });
  }
});

app.listen(3000, () => console.log("Bolt integration server running on port 3000"));

 

What this gives you

 

• You can create UserTesting tests programmatically.
• You can fetch completed test results into your own UI.
• You can automate workflows (e.g., run tests after deployments).
• You can connect UserTesting to any front-end you prototype inside Bolt.

 

Security and deployment

 

• Keep the Bearer token only in environment variables, never in code.
• Bolt.new is safe for development, but you’ll deploy the final API server elsewhere (Vercel, Render, AWS).
• UserTesting tokens often have scope restrictions — check the docs before automating test creation.

 

Summary

 

You integrate Bolt.new AI with UserTesting by writing normal REST API calls from within Bolt’s workspace, using a UserTesting API token stored in environment variables. Bolt.new acts only as your coding and testing environment — the actual integration is just your code talking to UserTesting’s official API. This is the only real and supported method today.