Hey !

For a personal project, I had to use the OVH API. And because it’s OVH, they have a giant and amazing RESTful API.

How it works ?

To be able to use it, you need 3 keys.

• Application key
• Secret app key
• Consumer key

1. Create a new App

The two first can be took directly from their page createApp by filling fields. Its very easy.

2. Request a token

Now, to be able to use the API, you have to request a token. Many languages are supported, but this is an example using cURL. Here, I request a total access (path: /*) for the GET method. The redirection field will redirect you after the authentication.

curl -XPOST -H"X-Ovh-Application: APP_KEY" -H "Content-type: application/json" \
https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/auth/credential  -d '{
    "accessRules": [
        {
            "method": "GET",
            "path": "/*"
        }
    ],
    "redirection":"https://anthonypradal.com/"
}'

In the response, you will found a validation url and your Consumer key.

{
	"validationUrl":"https://eu.api.ovh.com/auth/?credentialToken=6HM2dEqzqwktRFMJfWd9eQOndwYxRepWtrxxuOea7KaOcwIq7qYSwnsOwKUlL2db",
	"consumerKey":"MMzWGeFHUldmIDAzyfAl2gkZx2grkFCd",
	"state":"pendingValidation"
}

The last thing to do is visit this url, choose a validity duration connect with your OVH account.

And voilà, you can now make a lot of requests !

More even, OVH provides you several wrappers available on their github.