Authentication
There are mainly two types of authentication schemes that Expiration Reminder employs:
API Key authentication
This type of authentication is already being used in our public API reference. You can verify your identity by using your api key to send a request to the API endpoints. You get the API key from your Expiration Reminder profile menu in your Expiration Reminder account. You can find Settings in your profile menu. Click on it and then click on the Manage API keys link on the right. You can create new API keys too for every use case or feature, and you can provide specific naming criteria for every API key. For more help, you can consult the guide to get your API key here.
OAuth authentication
Prefer OAuth whenever if you are building enterprise grade integrations or if you are considering to create an App or Plugin that you would like to list in our marketplace.
OAuth provides both Authentication and Authorization within one single flow. It works by the API server providing a token as authentication proof to access a certain feature. The token has a defined period of validity . This token is then sent to the authentication server which provides the permissions and authorizes access for the user.
Updated 3 months ago