Tracker Frontend API

The Tracker Frontend API is a read-only API that can be accessed over the internet by the banks to provide tracking information to their customers by integrating the information in their frontend applications. To learn more about this API, see Tracker Frontend API Overview. In this section, you will find information about how to integrate this API.

OpenAPI specification

Refer to Tracker Frontend API Reference to help you integrate the API.

Test Tracker Frontend API in the Sandbox

The Tracker Frontend API sandbox returns static sample responses and does not contain any application logic. This sandbox is recommended for developers who want to learn and understand the authentication method Password grant type using a set of pre-defined sandbox credentials (ie, test license ID and license secret). This sandbox also ensures that the application generates valid requests and can consume valid responses conforming to OpenAPI specifications. To start testing in the sandbox, follow the steps below.

1Create an app and select Tracker Frontend API.

2Find dedicated sandbox credentials for Password grant type security scheme.

3Click "Run in Postman" button to view, fork or download the Postman collection which includes authentication API calls and sample Tracker Frontend API calls.

Test Tracker Frontend API in Pilot

The Swift Pilot environment closely resembles the Live environment. It is intended to fully qualify your API integration. Follow the steps below to access the Tracker Frontend API Pilot testing environment.

Step 1: Place order for testing in Pilot for Consumers

If you are interested in ordering Tracker Frontend API, contact your Swift account manager.

Step 2: Create an app for Pilot

Create a dedicated app for testing in the Pilot environment and select Tracker Frontend API from the list of API products. Inside the app are consumer-key and consumer-secret which are the application credentials used to identify the application calling the API. After creating the app, promote the app to the Pilot environment.

Step 3: Create License ID and License Secret

1As a Swift.com Admin for your institution, set up your Swift API Administrators.

2As Swift API Administrator for your institution, create a License ID and Secret for your contract.

Step 4: Making your first test API call in the Pilot environment

After completing the steps above, you now have the credentials required to access the Tracker Frontend API in the Pilot environment. Refer to Authentication to learn how to use the credentials you created above to start testing your integration with this API in Pilot.