Working with the API

Authentication

Column uses basic auth to authenticate the API. You can create sandbox and production keys in the developer dashboard. Live production keys are prefixed with live_ and test sandbox keys are prefixed with test_.

Use your API key as the basic auth password. The username should be left blank (notice the colon sign before api-key that must be included). All requests must be made over https.

curl -u :<YOUR API KEY> https://api.column.com

We do have the ability to whitelist access to the API from specific IP ranges. If this is of interest to you, we're happy to chat.