Ultimate makes a server to server HTTP request to your backend system with the following requirements:
API types
Any of the following:
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
Authentication
Any of the following:
- JWT
- API key or token based
- basic authentication
- Oauth2
- IP safelists
Self checklist
The self checklist below contains questions and information that will help you build a robust API:
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Is the API "searchable" with data that a typical customer has?
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Is it known when the API throws a 200, a 400, and a 404 response code?
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What does the API return if the input is invalid or incorrect?
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Documentation - API request and response schema
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Your test data for most happy paths
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Your API rate limit
Read more about the onboarding plan in the previous article, Custom integration - preparation.