API Getting Started Wizard

Walkthrough for key setup, signature validation, and first-call smoke tests.

Step 1: Create/verify API key

Ensure partner key is active and has required scopes.

Step 2: Validate request signing

Generate signed headers with the helper script before sending mutating requests.

python flask_api/scripts/sign_partner_request.py --base-url https://vets-coin.com --method POST --path /api/partner/capabilities --key-id "<KEY_ID>" --secret "<SECRET>" --json '{"capability":"claims"}' --print-only

Step 3: Run first call smoke

Call a public health endpoint to verify network/TLS/base URL.

curl -sS "https://vets-coin.com/api/public/system-status" | jq '.status.overall'