authenticate and choose an integration mode for the spektrix api
domain: integrate.spektrix.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Have a Spektrix user with Settings Administrator access set up an API user to obtain an API Login Name and Secret Key.
Choose the right mode: Web User/Public (unauthenticated, public listings/basket), Agent (authenticated, per-agent credit sales), or System Owner (authenticated, full access).
For authenticated calls, build the Authorization header as 'SpektrixAPI3 {login}:{signature}', where signature is an HMAC-SHA1 of method+URI+Date(+body hash) signed with the base64-decoded secret key.
Include Host and Date (UTC, RFC 7231 format) headers alongside Authorization on every authenticated call.
Verify signature construction with Spektrix's own APIv3 Signature Tool before wiring it into production code.
Known gotchas
Authenticated calls cannot be made client-side because of the custom Host/Date/Authorization headers required — they must originate server-side.
The SHA1 HMAC must be raw binary before base64-encoding; some languages (e.g. PHP) need an explicit raw-output flag or the signature silently mismatches.
Web User/Public mode needs no auth but can't complete a full purchase end-to-end since payment processing isn't exposed via that mode.
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