Authorization
How to authenticate your requests to Periskope
Periskope APIs require two headers to be passed to authenticate your requests - a Bearer Authorization header with your apiKey and an x-phone header with your phone number.
API Key 🔑
To authenticate you need to add an Authorization header with the contents of the header being Bearer <token> where <token> is your API Key.
Login to your account
To generate an API key for your zap, you must have a periskope account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free trial here.
Generate API Key
Navigate to the API section and click on ‘Generate API Key’ or click to visit here. API key can only be revealed once, so please keep this API key safe and at a secure place.
API settings
x-phone header
The x-phone header is used to direct the request to the correct phone.
e.g. if you want to send a message to a number, the x-phone header specifies which phone must be used to send the message
The x-phone header must be a valid phone number with country code and without any special characters e.g. 919876512340
Authorization
How to authenticate your requests to Periskope
Periskope APIs require two headers to be passed to authenticate your requests - a Bearer Authorization header with your apiKey and an x-phone header with your phone number.
API Key 🔑
To authenticate you need to add an Authorization header with the contents of the header being Bearer <token> where <token> is your API Key.
Login to your account
To generate an API key for your zap, you must have a periskope account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free trial here.
Generate API Key
Navigate to the API section and click on ‘Generate API Key’ or click to visit here. API key can only be revealed once, so please keep this API key safe and at a secure place.
API settings
x-phone header
The x-phone header is used to direct the request to the correct phone.
e.g. if you want to send a message to a number, the x-phone header specifies which phone must be used to send the message
The x-phone header must be a valid phone number with country code and without any special characters e.g. 919876512340