# Authentication

API request must be authorized. This is achieved by including an "**x-api-key**" and a "**signature**" in the request headers. The API key is used to identify the SubAccount, while the signature provides a layer of security to verify the request's authenticity.

### These are encoded as HTTP headers named

* **x-api-key** (Your API key)
* **signature** (Signature created using your API secret)

#### Example

| Header        | Data                                                                           |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **x-api-key** | A24b4fSJ8SKhowxlY                                                              |
| **signature** | 1712042205773.da41de13228cafdef8189df03c946a7e2184ce5afbe610753397a869367efcc6 |

### Javascript Example

```javascript
const CryptoJS = require("crypto-js");
const axios = require("axios");

const apiDomain = "{{API_DOMAIN}}";
const api_key = "{{API_KEY}}";
const api_secret = "{{API_SECRET}}";

async function sendRequest () {
    const apiPath = "/api/payout/single";
    const httpMethod = "POST";

    let nonce = new Date().getTime();
    const signedPayload = `${nonce}.${api_key}`;
    const expectedSignature = CryptoJS.HmacSHA256(signedPayload, api_secret).toString();
    let sig = nonce + "." + expectedSignature;

    try {

        const data = {
            receiver_id: "a0bb742e-2b17-4698-be2d-3226c64aec03",
            account_id: "6dea4c0d-7825-4636-a0b0-c4895d451244",
            amount: 2121,
            currency: "AUD",
            reference: "ref2121",
            note: "Payout for Mike 2121"
        };

        const resp = await axios(`${apiDomain}${apiPath}`, {
            method: httpMethod,
            headers: {
                "x-api-key": api_key,
                "signature": sig,
            },
            data: data
        });

        console.log("Result: ", resp.data);

    } catch (error) {
        console.log("error", error.response.data);
    }
}

sendRequest();
```


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