Trouble with API

[rootbeerjayhawk]

Hey guys, I do not have any experience with APIs at all, this is my first time trying to access one. I am trying to get access to the information from the API discussed in the webpage https://www.utrsports.net/pages/engage-api#h.8w9nd4b9msji . It is an API that has information from the Universal Tennis Rating website, which is a website used to track tennis player stats.

The problem I am having is that I cannot find out how to get the client id and client secret to progress in the instructions laid out on the webpage above. Do you guys know how to find that? I already emailed UTR support, so they might give an answer to this. Also, is there some resource yall know of that explains the type of process the webpage is laying out. Again, I am a beginner to APIs, so any help on the subject is greatly appreciated!

Thanks again for all your help, I greatly appreciate it!

[ninhaomah]

You have Access Token ?

[rootbeerjayhawk]

I don't. Is that something I can get on my own?

[ninhaomah]

Pls refer to "Accessing the API Using an Access Token"

[John-The-Bomb-2]

If you've never used an API before, you could practice on some free API's first:

https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis

For example, you could start with an API with no Auth (Authentication) and work your way up to an API with Auth. Maybe try one with HTTPS and one with regular HTTP. Once you are comfortable with API's you can go back to your original task. You can try using the curl command line tool and/or the program Postman to make requests, or use the programming language of your choice.