API Authentication

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API Access

Currently you must request API access here.

Server to Server

This recipe is an example of how server to server authentication, below are specific examples of authentication for particular roles.

🔒 Server Authentication

Learn how to authenticate server-to-server connections with AuthVia.

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As a Merchant / Account

Authentication as a merchant is important when you want to engage with merchants directly. This will be the most common use case as this is the type of authentication needed in order to create a New Conversation Link with a New Customer.

See:

• Customers
• Conversations

🔒 Creating Merchant authentication token

Learn how to create authentication tokens for merchant accounts.

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As a Partner

When you need to create and listen to the data of multiple different merchant / accounts, you will need tenancy. This is useful if your system has direct relationships with businesses (B2B) and are offering Authvia products to your Merchant's. It may also be useful as an enterprise merchant and want to isolate different parts of your business from one another.

See:

• Partners
• Merchants

🚆 Creating Merchant authentication token with Partner Credentials

Learn how to create merchant authentication tokens using partner credentials for multi-tenancy scenarios.

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