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Quickstart: part 1

Make your first call to the Basiq API.

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STEP 1: Register




Register your application via our dashboard and create a new API key under the Developers tab.

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API Keys

You can create as many API keys as you want, which allows you to use keys across different applications and environments. It’s a good idea to give each API key a meaningful name in order to differentiate between them.

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Keep your key secret

Make sure you copy and save the key we give you straight away, as it will only be exposed it in full once. Your API keys carry many privileges, so be sure to keep them secret!

Do not share your API keys in publicly accessible areas such GitHub, client-side code, etc

STEP 2: Authenticate




Trade your new API key for an access token.

The response will contain an access token which will allow you to make secure calls to the Basiq API. They expire every 60 minutes, so we recommend you store it globally and refresh 2-3 times an hour.

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Scope

The scope you supply will depend on the action you are performing, see the authentication section for further detail. For this quick start we will be using SERVER_ACCESS.

var axios = require('axios');
var qs = require('qs');
var data = qs.stringify({
  'scope': 'SERVER_ACCESS' 
})

var config = {
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://au-api.basiq.io/token',
  headers: { 
    'Authorization': `Basic ${YOUR_API_KEY}`, 
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 
    'basiq-version': '2.0'
  },
  data : data
};

axios(config)
  .then((response) => {
  console.log(response.data)
})
  .catch((error) => {
  console.log(error)
})

curl --location --request POST 'https://au-api.basiq.io/token' \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic $YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --header 'basiq-version: 2.0' \
  --data-urlencode 'scope=SERVER_ACCESS'

STEP 3: Create a user




Creating a user gives you a "bucket" to store all your financial data.

Upon successful creation of a user, you will receive a userId. With that and the access_token you created earlier, you have everything you need to start creating and fetching financial data.

var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "mobile": "+614xxxxxxxx"
});

var config = {
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://au-api.basiq.io/users',
  headers: { 
    'Authorization': 'Bearer $YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN', 
    'Accept': 'application/json', 
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  data: data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(response.data);
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});

curl --location --request POST 'https://au-api.basiq.io/users' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "mobile": "+614xxxxxxxx"
  }'

Congratulations! You have registered your application, and made your first, authenticated call to Basiq to create a user!

Updated almost 3 years ago