## Authentication
To communicate with the Finix API, you must authenticate your requests via HTTP Basic Authentication with a `username:password` combination, which you can get from your Finix Dashboard. If you do not have a Dashboard yet, you can test our APIs with the Sandbox credentials below.
| Parameter | Value |
|  --- | --- |
| Sandbox Username | `USsRhsHYZGBPnQw8CByJyEQW` |
| Sandbox Password | `8a14c2f9-d94b-4c72-8f5c-a62908e5b30e` |


```shell Request Format
curl "https://finix.sandbox-payments-api.com/" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Finix-Version: 2022-02-01" \
    -u USsRhsHYZGBPnQw8CByJyEQW:8a14c2f9-d94b-4c72-8f5c-a62908e5b30e
```


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