Authentication and Testing
Follow these steps to validate your API credentials.
Generate Your Sandbox Credentials
To generate your sandbox credentials, follow these steps:
Access your Portal account
Login to the Portal.
Navigate to the Prove solution
Navigate to the appropriate solution from the left-side navigation.
Create a project
Create a project by clicking on New Project. Enter a name for your project and then save.
View Credentials
Click on the three dots on the right side of your project row and select Access Credentials. Save these for later use.
Test Your Credentials Against Prove APIs
Head on over to Prove’s Postman collection and try out the different endpoints with preconfigured test data!
401 HTTP Error Code
If you receive this error code when testing your credentials:
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Ensure you copied and pasted the credentials completely from the Portal.
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Remove any spaces or extra characters from the credentials. It’s sometimes helpful to copy and paste into a notepad to see if there are extra spaces or characters.
- Ensure you didn’t mix up the client ID and the client secret.
- Ensure you are using the correct server section - Prove has two environments which require different credentials: a.
uat-us
b.prod-us