Introduction to Auth

In order to keep transactions on Eshopbox’s platform safe and secure, all apps connecting with our APIs must authenticate when making API calls. Authentication allows Eshopbox access to an individual account in an app. Users connect one specific app account to Eshopbox. Then, Eshopbox can watch it for new or updated data, search for existing data, and create or update new data in that individual account on the app.

Eshopbox supports the following authentication schemes, each with their own settings:

1. Basic authentication: It lets users connect their accounts to Eshopbox with a username and password through a pre-built form that Eshopbox then passes with each API call to authenticate the user. You only have to add a test API call to confirm the username and password are valid.

2. OAuth v2 authentication: It lets users sign into app accounts and allow Eshopbox access via a popup window from that app. The app sends a request token before the user authenticates, which Eshopbox then exchanges for an access token after they authenticate.