REST API

Use the REST API to add new participants, trigger loyalty actions, get campaign data, and get participant data from a secure environment.

Getting started

Note: The REST API is only available to users on a LoyaltySurf paid plan.

Step 1: Get your API key

1. Go to your LoyaltySurf Account page

2. Generate a new API key (if you don't already have one) or click on your existing API key to copy it to your clipboard

Your API key holds many privileges, so be sure to keep it secure! Do not share your API key in publicly accessible areas such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Web Browsers, and Front End client code.

Do not use the RESTful API in browser applications. Exposing your secret API key within front end code exposes it to security risks. Anybody with a bit of programming knowledge could potentially hijack your API key and begin making requests on your behalf.

Step 2: Set up authentication

The LoyaltySurf REST API uses your API key to authenticate requests. Here's how to set up authentication:

1. Set a plain text header named Authorization with the contents being Bearer <YOUR_API_ACCESS_KEY> where <YOUR_API_ACCESS_KEY> is your API key.

Example Authenticated Request

cURL

curl -X "GET" "https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1/campaign/4pdlhb" -H "Authorization: Bearer TWZ4X4NXESMX03MT66HHS6Z9Z91E"

Java

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1/campaign/4pdlhb")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TWZ4X4NXESMX03MT66HHS6Z9Z91E")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Node.js

const request = require("request");

const options = { 
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1/campaign/4pdlhb',
  headers: { 
    Authorization: 'Bearer TWZ4X4NXESMX03MT66HHS6Z9Z91E' 
  }
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(body);
});

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1/campaign/4pdlhb"
headers = {
    'Authorization': "Bearer TWZ4X4NXESMX03MT66HHS6Z9Z91E"
    }
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

PHP

<?php

$request = new HttpRequest();
$request->setUrl('https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1/campaign/4pdlhb');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_GET);
$request->setHeaders(array(
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer TWZ4X4NXESMX03MT66HHS6Z9Z91E'
));

try {
  $response = $request->send();
  echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
  echo $ex;
}

Go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1/campaign/4pdlhb"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer TWZ4X4NXESMX03MT66HHS6Z9Z91E")
	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Base URL

All endpoints for the LoyaltySurf REST API start with the same base URL:

https://api.loyaltysurf.io/v1

Next steps

• View Tutorials
• View Objects
• View API Reference