In order to access the Empire Avenue API, you must first Register Your Application and obtain an API Key. This key must be included in every call to the API Server and identifies your application. Your API Key is unique and you should absolutely not share it with anyone else!

1. Register your application on Empire Avenue

Connect to Empire Avenue, login and go to the Manage Applications Page in your Settings section and click on Register An Application

Fill in the details, you must provide a name for your application, this is what is displayed to a user and same with a description. Currently your only option for authentication is Basic Auth. You can read more on oAuth in our Authentication section. Also let us know what type of application you will be connecting to Empire Avenue.

2. About Your API Key

Once you've submitted your registration, an API Key and an API Secret will be generated automatically. Currently your API Secret is not used but is there for future use. The API Key will look like the following:

Sample API Key: 16c770cc1d8485fb2f97df51d8dfa7be7ed79b618aa176b587

Your API Key is unique to your application. You will note that you have the option to reset the API Key should you believe there is need. As soon as you reset Your application will cease to work on Empire Avenue's servers until you update your application to use the new key.