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Overview

The API enables you to authenticate to the TRACES portal

Problem

Manually downloading large volumes of files like millions of Form 16 and Forms 16A becomes a tedious and time-consuming process

Solution

Automating the consent-based retrieval of Form 16 and Form 16A.

Endpoint

HTTP Method	Endpoint
POST	tds-compliance/traces/authenticate

Request

Body

A Request Body (JSON) is uploaded for authenticating your TRACES session

Parameters	Required	Type	Description	Example
user_id	Yes	`string`	Username of the TRACES portal	username
password	Yes	`string`	The password of the TRACES portal	password
tan	Yes	`string`	Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN)	AHMQ21432A

Once the values are added, Your curl will look something like this

curl --request POST \
     --url https://api.sandbox.co.in/tds-compliance/traces/authenticate \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: xxxxxxxx' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: xxxxxxxxxx' \
     --header 'x-api-version: 1.0' \
     --data '
{
    "user_id": "username",
    "password": "password",
    "tan": "AHMQ21432A"
}
'

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Response

Param	Type	Description
access_token	`string`	JWT Authorization token generated for TRACES session

Response Caching

Response caching is not available for this API. Learn more about our response caching mechanism here

Wallet Charges

Since Authenticate TRACES session is not a Paid API, no wallet charge will take place.

Versioning

This API is currently in major version 1.0. Refer to our versioning policies here