Authentication

Authentication

Each API request must be authenticated.

Method 1: Signature ( Discontinued by July 2018 )

Authentication credentials is attached to each request via custom HTTP header as follow:

  • api-id - account ID.

  • api-sign - Signature of this request.

API Signture Generation

api-sign = hex( sha256(api_key + http_request_body) )

Example request body

{"foo":"bar"}`

Resultant signature with “53cr3t” API key: 10ce7ebb62e85939a26d030a6f1709bb279d0181

Method 2: HTTP Basic Auth

User: api-id

Password: api-key

Authentication Credentials

api-id and api-key will be provided by XpressCover.

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