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Expand Up @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Example:
curl -i -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' -u {username}:{password} -d "..." https://api.fastspring.com/...
```

For those that don't have curl available (for example asp.net mvc) you can use the "Authentication" header:
``` C#
string credentials = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("username:password"));
webClientInstance.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = string.Format("Basic {0}", credentials);
```

Company, Username, Password
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Expand All @@ -25,4 +30,4 @@ As noted in the example, each request will require 3 key pieces of authenticatio

* `{company}` is the case sensitive Company ID which you use to login to SpringBoard.
* `{username}` is the case sensitive username of the special API user you created via SpringBoard.
* `{password}` is the case sensitive password of the API user.
* `{password}` is the case sensitive password of the API user.