Connect your app to GitLab without building OAuth

WorkOS Pipes is a feature designed to simplify the process of connecting third-party services to applications by managing OAuth flows, credential storage, and token refreshes, allowing developers to avoid dealing with these complexities directly. By using Pipes, applications can securely connect to services like GitLab, GitHub, Slack, Google, and Salesforce, among others, while the backend handles token requests to access provider APIs. This tutorial demonstrates how to use Pipes to integrate GitLab into a Node app, guiding users through configuring the provider, adding the Pipes widget for account management, and retrieving tokens to access GitLab data. The approach is scalable, making it easy to add more integrations with minimal changes and allowing developers to focus on building application features without maintaining OAuth infrastructure.