generated: '2026-08-14'
method: searched
source: https://developers.rewardful.com/rest-api/overview
docs: https://developers.rewardful.com/rest-api/overview
name: Rewardful Authentication Profile
description: >-
  Rewardful has three distinct credentials, and they are easy to confuse: a SECRET used for
  HTTP Basic on the REST API, a PUBLIC key embedded in the browser tracking script, and a
  per-endpoint webhook Signing Secret. There is no OAuth, no OpenID Connect, no scopes and
  no per-key permissioning; the REST API Secret is all-or-nothing account access.
summary:
  types: [http-basic]
  api_key_in: [basic-auth-username]
  oauth2_flows: []
  scopes: false
  mtls: false
  openid_connect: false
schemes:
  - name: apiSecretBasic
    type: http
    scheme: basic
    surface: REST API
    detail: >-
      The account API Secret is sent as the HTTP Basic USERNAME with an empty password
      (`curl https://api.getrewardful.com/v1/affiliates -u YOUR_API_SECRET:`), the same
      convention Stripe uses. Applied to every documented endpoint.
    credential_location: Rewardful dashboard, Company Settings (https://app.getrewardful.com/company/edit)
    rotation: >-
      No self-service rotation is documented; the docs instruct customers to contact
      Rewardful support to have a compromised secret rotated.
    privilege: >-
      Full account access. The docs state the API Secret "grants full access to your
      Rewardful account" and must never be shared, committed, emailed, or sent to a browser.
    source: https://developers.rewardful.com/rest-api/overview
  - name: trackingApiKey
    type: apiKey
    in: html-attribute
    parameter_name: data-rewardful
    surface: Browser tracking script
    detail: >-
      A PUBLIC key embedded in the `<script async src='https://r.wdfl.co/rw.js'
      data-rewardful='YOUR-API-KEY'>` tag on the merchant's website. Distinct from the API
      Secret; it is intended to be visible in page source and only identifies the account
      for client-side referral attribution and conversion tracking.
    source: https://developers.rewardful.com/javascript-api/overview
  - name: webhookSigningSecret
    type: hmac
    algorithm: HMAC-SHA256
    surface: Outbound webhooks
    detail: >-
      Each webhook endpoint configured in the dashboard gets its own Signing Secret.
      Rewardful HMAC-SHA256s the raw request body with that secret and sends the hex digest
      in the `X-Rewardful-Signature` header. Verification is optional but strongly
      recommended by the docs.
    source: https://developers.rewardful.com/webhooks/signed-webhooks
  - name: affiliateMagicLink
    type: bearer-url
    surface: Affiliate dashboard SSO
    detail: >-
      `GET /v1/affiliates/:id/sso` returns a single-use magic URL that logs an affiliate into
      their dashboard. Links expire after one minute, cannot be reused, and generating a new
      one invalidates prior links.
    source: https://developers.rewardful.com/rest-api/affiliates/sso
transport:
  https_required: true
  note: Webhook receiving endpoints must be served over HTTP/SSL per the webhooks docs.
gaps:
  - No OAuth 2.0 or OIDC; third parties cannot obtain delegated, scoped access to a merchant account.
  - No scopes or read-only keys — every integration holds full-account credentials.
  - No documented self-service key rotation or multiple concurrent keys.