API access
What an API key is, how to request one from support, and how to keep track of what each key is used for.
6 articles
- What is an API key?What an API key does, a Bookboost example, and why it should be treated like a password.
- Which Bookboost API should I use?Bookboost has two public APIs, v1 and v3, with different authentication, different data shapes, and different capabilities. This article tells you which one your project needs, and when to use…
- Authenticating with the v3 APIHow to exchange a client ID and secret for an access token, how long tokens last, the extra headers partners send, and what to check when a login fails silently.
- How guest profiles are shaped in v1 and v3The flat v1 profile against the nested v3 profile, when to use create rather than ingest, and the deduplication rules to know before two systems write profiles.
- What the Bookboost APIs do not doThe four things integrators most often go looking for and will not find on either API, and what to do instead in each case.
- API keysHow to request a key from support, where to find it in Settings, and how to keep track of what each one is for.