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# Your First API Call

This guide walks you through making your first successful API call to the NinjaTrader Partner API, covering authentication, request structure, and response handling.

## Prerequisites

Before making your first API call, ensure you have:

* ✅ **Partner API credentials** (API key and secret)
* ✅ **Development environment** set up
* ✅ **HTTP client** ready (curl, Postman, or code library)

If you haven't completed these steps, start with our [5-Minute Quickstart](/overview/quick-setup/5-minute-quickstart).

## Step 1: Authenticate and Get Access Token

All API requests require a valid access token. Here's how to obtain one:

### Request

POST [https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest](https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest)

```curl
curl -X POST https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "name": "string",
  "password": "string"
}'
```

```python
import requests

url = "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest"

payload = {
    "name": "string",
    "password": "string"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"string","password":"string"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"string\",\n  \"password\": \"string\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"string\",\n  \"password\": \"string\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"string\",\n  \"password\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "string",
  "password": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"string\",\n  \"password\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "name": "string",
  "password": "string"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/accesstokenrequest")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "errorText": "string",
  "hibpHint": "EmailAndPasswordCompromised",
  "accessToken": "string",
  "expirationTime": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "passwordExpirationTime": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "userStatus": "Active",
  "userId": 1,
  "name": "string",
  "hasLive": true,
  "hasSimPlus": true,
  "showKIDs": true
}
```

If you're unfamiliar with authentication, please read the [Auth Overview](/overview/quick-setup/auth-overview) section.

## Step 2: Make Your First Data Request

Now let's retrieve your user profile information:

### Request

GET [https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me](https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me)

```curl
curl https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
```

```python
import requests

url = "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/auth/me")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "errorText": "string",
  "userId": 1,
  "name": "string",
  "fullName": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "emailVerified": true,
  "isTrial": true,
  "organizationName": "string",
  "currentAccountPlan": "string",
  "currentMDSubs": [
    "string"
  ],
  "currentBalance": 1.1,
  "activePlugins": [
    "string"
  ],
  "isMasterAccountOwner": true
}
```