Cashflows Authentication

generated: '2026-07-24'
method: searched
source: https://developer.cashflows.com/api_reference/api_reference_overview.html
docs: https://developer.cashflows.com/getting_started/getting_started.html
summary:
  types: [apiKey, http-hash-signature, credential-pair]
  api_key_in: [header]
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: >-
    Cashflows uses header-based credentials and request signing, not OAuth.
    Each API family authenticates differently. No OpenAPI securitySchemes are
    published; this profile is derived from the hand-authored API reference.
schemes:
  - name: GatewaySignedRequest
    api: cashflows-gateway-api
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    parameters:
      - name: ConfigurationId
        description: Unique merchant account / configuration identifier.
      - name: Hash
        description: >-
          SHA2-512 hash of the request message body concatenated with the
          account API key, encoded as a hex string. Signs every request so the
          gateway can verify message integrity and origin. Repeated signature
          failures lock the account.
    sources: [docs]
  - name: RemoteAuthCredentials
    api: cashflows-remote-authentication-api
    type: credential-pair
    in: body
    parameters:
      - name: auth_id
        description: Profile / Merchant ID.
      - name: auth_pass
        description: Authentication password for the acquiring-network connection.
      - name: security_hash
        description: Additional hash required for credit (payout) transactions.
    sources: [docs]
  - name: PaymentsSignedRequest
    api: cashflows-payments-api
    type: http-hash-signature
    in: header
    parameters:
      - name: MerchantId
        description: Merchant identifier included on every request.
      - name: Hash
        description: SHA2-512 signature over the request body, as with the Gateway.
    sources: [docs]