Authentication - SIF_HMACSHA256

Each API call in SIF requires authentication. One method embedded in SIF is the SIF_HMACSHA256 authentication. The major advantage that method has over the Basic Authentication method is that the password is not conveyed as part of the 'HTTP Authorization' header. For more details on available SIF authentication method please refer to Authentication Options page.

Below are code samples in various programming languages for creating the SIF_HMACSHA256 HTTP Authorization header: