XMatters API authentication using api key and secrets

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  Francois Groulx

  Hi there! I see you also posted this to our Support team and I will look into this with you there. I will post the same questions I asked you then:

  > Are you testing code or via a command line or tool like CURL or PostMan?
  > How are you verifying the API key you are testing with? Which screen is it coming from?
  > Which API endpoints have you tested with?

  August 03, 2020 19:21

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  consultant.dwaraka

  Many thanks for your response!

  I am trying to invoke XMatters api to notify the roster users when there is any downtime in my custom application. As part of it, I am writing a python code where invoking the xmatter api.

  Ex:

  base_URL = 'https://test.xmatters.com/reapi/2015-04-01/forms/MY-UUID/triggers'

  
  

  auth = HTTPBasicAuth("user-name", "password")

  
  

  headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

  
  

  headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

  
  

  data = {

  "properties": {

  "Summary": "Summary - python",

  "Details": "post details"

  },

  "recipients": [

  {

  "targetName": "test-group"

  }

  ]

  }

  
  

  data_string = json.dumps(data)

  
  

  response = requests.post(base_URL, headers=headers, data=data_string, auth=auth)

   

  For user-name and password, I am trying to use API-Key/secrete key which I generated from XMatters (https://help.xmatters.com/ondemand/user/apikeys.htm) but when I use it, getting authentication failure error.

   

  Sample API Key/ Secret: x-api-key-eae4595f-a5a6-23423-8038-83f975454bd04/dummy-5a17-55d6-8c87-4b1773229def0

   

  However, I am able to connect to the api when I use my XMatters login user-name and password instead of API key/secrete.

   

  Thanks!

  August 03, 2020 19:32

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