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Risk Cloud API: Getting Started

The Risk Cloud API is a collection of RESTful API endpoints that empower you and your team to directly integrate, automate, and build with the Risk Cloud. Risk Cloud API endpoint payloads are JSON based, with some endpoints supporting exports in CSV and XSLX formats for flexible integration.

Please note: API access is only available with the purchase of the API Access Add-On Feature. If you have not purchased this add-on, please contact your customer service representative to enable API functionality.

Explore our full API documentation or step through our step-by-step walkthrough below.

Getting Started

In this walkthrough, we will go over some basic concepts of the Risk Cloud API, including authentication, pagination, getting data, and updating data.

Authentication

The Risk Cloud API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication, using bearer Access Token in the Authorization HTTP header. To obtain an API Access Token and get started building out your integration, reference the guide Risk Cloud API: Authentication.

Postman

Build and refine your custom integration with our user-friendly Risk Cloud API Postman Workspace, which you can import to your Postman setup in the button below.

For more Postman setup information, reference our guide Risk Cloud API: Postman.

Pagination

The Risk Cloud API contains a variety of endpoints that may return a substantial amount of listed data. These endpoints utilize a style of offset pagination to provide a flexible and consumable means of processing Risk Cloud data. To learn more about pagination in the Risk Cloud API, reference the guide Risk Cloud API: Pagination.

Rate Limit

The Risk Cloud API recommends a rate limit of 10 requests per second in order to ensure optimal and efficient performance.

Getting Data

From exporting to data lakes to fine tuning data for existing dashboard tools, the Risk Cloud API provides a flexible means of exporting data from your Risk Cloud environment. Linked below are guides covering common use cases for exporting Risk Cloud environment data. For all available endpoints, feel free to explore our full API documentation.

Modifying Data

The Risk Cloud API can also perform actions in your Risk Cloud environment such as creating records and users or updating fields and attachments on records. To learn more about modifying data in your Risk Cloud environment via the Risk Cloud API, reference the linked guides below. For all available endpoints, feel free to explore our full API documentation.

Webhooks

In addition to the Risk Cloud API, there are also Risk Cloud Webhooks, which allow you to enhance your custom integrations by sending Risk Cloud automation event data to your external systems. To learn more, checkout our guide Risk Cloud Webhooks.

Contact

Contact LogicGate’s Developer Relations team directly for API assistance at [email protected].