The API Explorer is a powerful tool that allows you to test and validate Chift’s API endpoints directly from your browser.
Next to that you can use as well to directly re-run existing transactions.
This guide will show you how to use the API Explorer effectively.

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Accessing the API Explorer

  1. Navigate to the consumer of your choice
  2. Click on the API Explorer button
  3. You’ll be able to select the endpoint you want to test from a list of all available API endpoints
API Explorer
  1. Once you selected the endpoint and the consumer (by default the current consumer is selected), you can enter additional parameters or a body if needed
  2. Once you’re ready, click on the Execute button to execute the API call (be careful, if you execute a POST request on production, it will really execute the request)
  3. The response will be displayed in the Response section
This gives you a perfect overview of the data you can retrieve or modify for a specific connexion and endpoint.

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Re-running transactions

  1. Navigate to the consumer of your choice
  2. In the Transactions section, you’ll be able to re-run any transaction of your choice by clicking on the “Zoom” icon on the right of the transaction of your choice
API Explorer - Start an existing transaction again
  1. The transaction will be opened in the API Explorer, you will be able to see what was the request and the response in case of error (we do not keep data in case of success)
API Explorer - Start an existing transaction again
  1. Click on the “Run again” button to re-run the transaction
  2. You will be able to see the request, change parameters if needed and execute the request
The API Explorer is available in both sandbox and production environments. Make sure you’re testing in the appropriate environment.

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Next Steps

After familiarizing yourself with the API Explorer, you can:
  • Create API keys for your applications
  • Integrate Chift APIs into your application
  • Review our API Reference for detailed endpoint documentation