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Authenticating Your Request | Global Payments

Authenticating Your Request

To authenticate your requests, include the information in the Header parameters table in your request header.

Header parameters

Parameter	Type	Required?	Description
Authorization	String	Required	AuthTokenV2 to authenticate your request. Send in AuthToken format. For more information about how to generate an AuthToken, see AuthTokenV2.
Content-Type	String	Required	Indicates the type of data that you are sending in your request. Send `application/json`.
X-GP-Api-Key	String	Required	Your unique API key. Note: If you haven’t received your API key, contact our Integration Services team.
X-GP-Request-Id	String	Optional	Version-4 UUID you generate to identify each request you send to our gateway. Add a prefix of MER- to your ID. For example: MER-ba96b9c5-828c-434c-be74-d73c8e853526 Note: If you don’t send a value for this parameter, we generate a value with a prefix of API- and return it in the header of the response.
X-GP-Source-App-Name	String	Required	Name of your application.
X-GP-Source-App-Version	String	Optional	Version of your application.
X-GP-Version	String	Required	Version of the API that you use in your integration. Send `2021-04-08`.

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