Flare’s API is available at https://api.flare.io. Requests are authenticated with API tokens which can be obtained using an API key.

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Authentication Objects and Purpose

API Key

Used to generate API tokens. Does not expire.

API Token

Used to access API endpoints. Expires after 1 hour.

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Authentication Steps

Obtain an API Key

From the profile page.

Generate a temporary API Token

Using the API key.

Access API endpoints

Using the API token.

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1 - Obtaining an API key

Users can generate API keys by visiting the Profile page under the “API Keys” section.

Sidebar -> Configure -> Profile -> API Keys (bottom)

API keys are associated to a user and will have the same permissions as the user that generated them:
  • If you can access a tenant, the API key will have access to that tenant.
  • If you are an organization administrator, the API key will have organization administrator access.

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2 - Obtaining an API Token

API tokens are obtained using Flare API keys. They can be generated using the tokens/generate endpoint. 
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.flare.io/tokens/generate \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>'

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3 - Access an API endpoint

API tokens may then be used by specifying the Authorization: Bearer <api-token> header. API tokens can be tested using the tokens/test endpoint. 
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.flare.io/tokens/test \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <api-token>'

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Finding tenant IDs

Users can find the IDs of the tenants they have access to by visiting the Profile page under the “Tenants” section.

Sidebar -> Configure -> Profile -> Tenants

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End-to-End Examples

These are end-to-end examples in various programming languages.