# Authentication

We use two different types of authentication: basic authentication and signature.

# Basic authentication

Some endpoints are protected using basic authentication (opens new window).

Your merchant dashboard credentials are used for basic authentication.

For example, [email protected] with john123 password will lead to this header:

Basic cmFuZG9tQGRvbWFpbi5jb206am9objEyMw==

You can also use Postman (opens new window) to make your call (Basic auth in the autorization tab).

# Signature

You can find an explanation there.

There are also some examples in the documentation: