Dwolla

Dwolla Root API

The API root — a JSON-HAL hypermedia entry point that returns the _links an authenticated application can follow (its account, customers, and other top-level collections). Reflects Dwolla's hypermedia design where clients discover available resources by following links rather than hard-coding URLs.

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https://developers.dwolla.com/docs

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dwolla/refs/heads/main/openapi/dwolla-root-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dwolla API - Root
  description: Dwolla API Documentation
  contact:
    name: Dwolla Developer Relations Team
    url: https://developers.dwolla.com
    email: api@dwolla.com
  version: '2.0'
  termsOfService: https://www.dwolla.com/legal/tos/
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-openapi/blob/master/LICENSE
jsonSchemaDialect: https://spec.openapis.org/oas/3.1/dialect/base
servers:
- url: https://api.dwolla.com
  description: Production server
- url: https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com
  description: Sandbox server
security:
- clientCredentials: []
tags:
- name: root
  description: Root API operations
paths:
  /:
    get:
      tags:
      - root
      summary: root
      description: Retrieve the API root entry point to discover available resources and endpoints based
        on your OAuth access token permissions. Returns HAL+JSON with navigation links to accessible resources
        including accounts, customers, events, and webhook subscriptions depending on token scope. Essential
        for API exploration, dynamic resource discovery, and building adaptive client applications that
        respond to available permissions.
      operationId: getRoot
      x-speakeasy-name-override: get
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: bash
        source: 'GET https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/

          Accept: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json

          Authorization: Bearer pBA9fVDBEyYZCEsLf/wKehyh1RTpzjUj5KzIRfDi0wKTii7DqY

          '
      - lang: javascript
        source: '// Using dwolla-v2 - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-v2-node

          dwolla.get("/").then((res) => res.body._links.account.href); // => ''https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/accounts/ad5f2162-404a-4c4c-994e-6ab6c3a13254''

          '
      - lang: python
        source: '# Using dwollav2 - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-v2-python

          root = app_token.get(''/'')

          root.body[''_links''][''account''][''href''] # => ''https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/accounts/ad5f2162-404a-4c4c-994e-6ab6c3a13254''

          '
      - lang: php
        source: '<?php

          // Using dwollaswagger - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-swagger-php

          $rootApi = new DwollaSwagger\RootApi($apiClient);


          $root = $rootApi->root();

          $accountUrl = $root->_links["account"]->href; # => "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/accounts/ad5f2162-404a-4c4c-994e-6ab6c3a13254"

          ?>

          '
      - lang: ruby
        source: '# Using dwolla_v2 - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-v2-ruby

          root = app_token.get "/"

          root._links.account.href # => "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/accounts/ad5f2162-404a-4c4c-994e-6ab6c3a13254"

          '
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Accept'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Root'
        '401':
          description: unauthorized
          content:
            application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                    example: InvalidAccessToken
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Invalid access token.
      deprecated: false
components:
  parameters:
    Accept:
      name: Accept
      in: header
      required: true
      description: The media type of the response. Must be application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
        default: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
  schemas:
    Root:
      title: Root
      type: object
      properties:
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/HalLink'
    HalLink:
      title: HalLink
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          example: https://api.dwolla.com
        type:
          type: string
          example: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
        resource-type:
          type: string
          example: resource-type
  securitySchemes:
    clientCredentials:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: /token
          x-speakeasy-token-endpoint-authentication: client_secret_basic
          scopes: {}