Authentication

Each endpoint request to Galileo’s Program API must be authenticated with these four parameters:

• apiLogin
• apiTransKey
• providerId
• transactionId

The table below describes the required authentication parameters, as well as two optional parameters that you can use for your internal reporting purposes.

Authentication setup

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Note

If you are connecting to the Program API for the first time, see our Quickstart guide before you start here.

During onboarding, Galileo will give you the apiLogin, apiTransKey, and providerId for the IP address that you send requests from. You provide the transactionId, which must be unique for each request (UUID is preferred). Optionally, you can use providerTransactionId and providerTimestamp for your own internal records.

Along with the four parameters above, when you send an endpoint request, you also send:

• The endpoint URL for the environment you are using, provided by Galileo
• The request type (POST)
• Any additional parameters for the request
• The format in which you will accept response data (application/json or application/xml)
• The content type for the response data (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)

Authentication steps

The steps below describe setup and authentication for a Ping endpoint request.

1. You obtain authentication credentials from Galileo and generate a unique transactionId for the request.

2. You build and post your endpoint request with:

• The endpoint URL
• The request type (POST)
• The four authentication parameters from step 1
• The Accept field, with your preferred response data format
• The Content-Type field, with application/x-www-form-urlencoded

import requests

url = "https://sandbox-api.gpsrv.com/intserv/4.0/ping"

payload = "apiLogin=aaaa-bbbb&apiTransKey=1212&providerId=9988&transactionId=777-777-777"
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

curl --request POST \
     --url https://sandbox-api.gpsrv.com/intserv/4.0/ping \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
     --data apiLogin=aaaa-bbbb \
     --data apiTransKey=1212 \
     --data providerId=9988 \
     --data transactionId=777-777-777

3. Galileo sends you response data in your requested format.

{
  "status_code": 0,
  "status": "Success",
  "processing_time": 0.022,
  "response_data": {},
  "echo": {
    "provider_transaction_id": "",
    "provider_timestamp": null,
    "transaction_id": "A43ZQ5ZMR4XALONBW1G3"
  },
  "rtoken": "8cc16de0-5eda-4e2a-968e-3b08fce6f778",
  "system_timestamp": "2020-07-13 10:48:07"
}