Authorization Tokens

Use this method as described in Authentication to initialize a client-generated bearer token.

Submit Auth Token

POST https://api.sendwyre.com/v2/sessions/auth/key

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
secretKey	string	A 25-35 character randomly generated string to use as the key. Any valid JSON string without newlines is acceptable

200

{
  "apiKey": "AK-XXXX-YYYYY-ZZZZZ-QQQQQ",
  "authenticatedAs": null
}

Examples

Python

'''
This is a Python 3.7 Module that Submits an Auth Token
and returns an API key for authentication
'''
import json
import secrets
import requests
import urllib.parse


class WyreApi:

    API_URL = "https://api.testwyre.com"
    API_VER2 = "/v2"
    API_SESSIONS_PATH = "/sessions/auth/key"

    def generate_token(self, tok_length=30):
        '''
            This method generates a secret token using secrets
            in Python3
        '''
        return secrets.token_hex(tok_length)

    def submitAuthToken(self, token):
        '''
            This method submits the secret key / token generated above
            and to https://api.sendwyre.com/v2/sessions/auth/key
            and sets API_KEY to the API key returned
        '''
        if not token:
            print("Please generate a 25-35 length token")
            return

        params = {
            "secretKey": token
        }
        url = WyreApi.API_URL + WyreApi.API_VER2 + WyreApi.API_SESSIONS_PATH + "?" + \
            urllib.parse.urlencode(params, encoding='utf-8')

        response = requests.post(url)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            return json.loads(response.text)
        else:
            print(response.text)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # create a wyre class object
    wyre = WyreApi()

    # generate a wyre token
    token = wyre.generate_token()
    print("Token", token)
    # get a secret key
    response = wyre.submitAuthToken(token)
    if response:
        print("API KEYS", response.get('apiKey'))

cURL

################### Generate a secrey key ###################
# On a Linux Environment
date +%s | sha256sum | base64 | head -c 32 ; echo

# This will generate a random secret key. Do not lose this key. Once this key is generated, it will be tied to your API Key associated with your account. Here are other ways to generate a secret key in a Linux environmnet. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30184/10-ways-to-generate-a-random-password-from-the-command-line/

curl -XPOST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"secretKey": "ENTER YOUR SECRET KEY HERE"}' \
https://api.testwyre.com/v2/sessions/auth/key

# This will return a JSON object with your API key. Use our test environment first before going into production.