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

• This API takes the respective nature_of_payment under TDS requirements and provides applicable TDS liability
• Automating the consent-based retrieval of Form 16 and Form 16A

Endpoint

Request

Body

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

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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Test Data Not Available

Instead, input valid credentials along with live_key to use the API.

Response

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