De-mystifying OAuth 1.0a with Postman
In API Support, some of the trickiest questions we get are around how to authenticate to the Xero API. This is understandable. We use OAuth 1.0a for authentication which has a multi-step process in order to get the coveted access token.
To help clear some of the mystery around this process, I’ve created a quick video showing how to authenticate to a Public app using Postman. If you haven’t tried Postman, it’s a great tool for quickly testing out queries that can’t be run through API Previewer, such as our new filtering we just announced. While we can’t troubleshoot Postman for you, hopefully seeing it in action will get you started with a new tool for testing, and provide a better understanding of the OAuth 1.0a authentication process.
Enjoy!
YouTube: Using Postman to Authenticate to the Xero API
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