In order to develop to IDI’s web services, a developer must be able to properly authenticate. The goal of this post is to explain what is involved in understanding this crucial requirement.
IP ORIGINATION
IDI’s web services are protected by IP origination. If you are unable to load https://api.idibilling.com from a browser, your client IP is blocked. Contact your IDI Billing representative to have the required IP’s added.
WEB SERVICE REQUESTS
Each request to an IDI web services requires proper authentication. Both the SOAP and REST – based endpoints utilize a Simple Web Token (SWT).
In order to obtain a SWT, a proper username and password is required. For web service authentication, a specific user type is required. Contact your IDI Billing representative if you need this username or password. The user is usually in the format: XYZ_ws_user.