Authentication
To authenticate API requests, you need to generate your keys by sending an email to [email protected]
Two keys will be generated for you:
- 1.Public Key: Think of this as a username. It's how Sendcash knows which user is attempting to make a request.
- 2.Secret Key: Think of this as a password. Sendcash never stores your Secret Key, we will only generate it and send it to you. Copy & keep your secret key in a secure place (e.g Environment Variables).
To authenticate your GraphQL request, you need to use Basic Authentication with the Public Key as username and the Secret Key as password.
- username (Public Key) and password (Secret Key) are concatenated into a single string:
username:password - This string is encoded with Base64
- The
Basickeyword is put before this encoded value and shall result in something like this:Basic am9objpzZWNyZXQ= - The entire string should be added to the header of the request with the key
Authorization
curl --header "Authorization: Basic am9objpzZWNyZXQ=https://api.sendcash.africa/v1/graphql
Most GraphQL client libraries have some way to add headers to all your requests. Here's a JavaScript example with Apollo Boost
const ApolloClient = require('apollo-boost').default;
const authValue = 'Basic ' + Buffer.from(process.env.SENDCASH_PUBLIC_KEY + ':' + process.env.SENDCASH_SECRET_KEY).toString('base64');
const client = new ApolloClient({
uri: process.env.SENDCASH_GRAPHQL_API,
fetch: fetch,
headers: {
authorization: authValue
}
})
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