Environment setup

Before we start interacting with the Method API, let's first make sure you have API keys for the development environment which you can get by signing up in the Method Dashboard.

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API environments

Although this guide will be done in the development environment, each step can also be done in the sandbox, and production environments. Learn more about how each environment works.

💡 Tip Following this guide in the development environment will not move real money from one account to another, nor will any data be real.

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Verifying access

Let's verify that your API keys work. We'll do this by performing a health check of the development environment. You can utilize any of Method's official API client libraries to do this.

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Sample API key

sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc

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cURL

GET /ping

curl https://dev.methodfi.com/ping \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc"

Node.js

GET /ping

const { Method, Environments } = require('method-node');

const method = new Method({
  apiKey: 'sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc',
  env: Environments.dev,
});

await method.ping();

Python

GET /ping

from method import Method

method = Method(env='dev', api_key='sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc')

method.ping()

RESPONSE

{
  "success": true,
  "data": null,
  "message": "pong"
}