Make Your First API Call

Steps to send your first request and get a successful response.

Before accessing Sandbox to make your first API call, you should contact TabaPay to get set up with your specific use case.

A TabaPay Representative will assist you in the boarding process, and you should receive an email invitation to a designated cloud storage folder with information that will allow you access to Sandbox.

Access to Sandbox

Once you gather your Sandbox information including the Bearer Token, ClientID, and FQDN, you can make your first API call.

  1. Follow along the recipe, 1. Make Your First API Call - Retrieve Client in any of the examples in JavaScript, Python, and cURL.
  1. The two steps in the recipe will guide you to complete three actions:
    1. Insert your Bearer Token in place of the <<<<user>>>>, or *Redacted* placeholder.
    2. Replace the FQDN with your TabaPay approved URL.
    3. Swap out ClientID with your Sandbox ClientID)

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Sandbox vs Production ClientID

This is a guide for Sandbox only. You should not be using your production ClientID at this point.

  1. Once you set up your request, you can send it to get a successful response!

Congrats! You've made your first API call!

In the response you should find a few of the following values:

  1. A successful Status Code.
  2. Approved networks for push, or pull.
  3. Any push or pull limits tied to your client account.

For any general API questions you can post here on the TabaPay Community Forum.

Regarding specific questions to your account, email [email protected] or contact your TabaPay representative.

TabaPay Recipes

See the TabaPay Recipes for more examples and use cases.