$hubstaff-> authenticate( $appToken, $email, $password, $authToken) Authenticate hubstaff with credentials you have $appToken = 'your_app_token'

Get instance of Hubstaff $hubstaff = Hubstaff:: getInstance() To get any data using method you can use following example: So its better to get auth token and save it in your env just like you may save your app token. Also their server will throw error 429 which means too many requests for a particular API endpoint. However if the auth token is not having any expiry, it makes sence to get it once and save it to reuse rather than calling auth token API frequently. This package has a flexibility to get auth token dynamically as the parameter of $authToken in authenticate() method is optional. I will suggest you to get the auth token using from !/auth/postV1Auth and save it in your env file to use within your application. Hence, once you get an auth token, you can use it like forever within the application. Then we use Auth Token and App Token together in headers to get the data we wantĭon't Worry : Everything mentioned above is handled internally by the package, so there is no overhead for you )Īpparently the auth token for Hubstaff does not have any expiry.App token is like an API key whereas auth token is a secured authentication mechanism to make sure the request getting sent for API is well authenticated. Auth token is different that your app token. Hubstaff asks for email and password to get the auth token.To check out hubstaff APIs reference, you can visit their official documentation url Keep it safe, preferably store it in your env(environmental files) and not in your actual application.

Click on 'Save' and you will have your App Token which is a long alphanumeric string.

Select The organization from the dropdown if you have multiple organizations.

Go to My Apps on the left hand side menu (URL : ).

Password : The secure password you use to login into hubstaffĪpp Token : This is an API key which you can get by following below steps : You will following 3 credentials to start with your hubstaff API integration :Įmail : The email address you use to login into hubstaff $ composer require techsemicolon/hubstaff Getting your API credentials

Hubstaff login