# Zetrix Service

A Zetrix BaaS API allows developers to interact with the underlying blockchain network and utilize its features and functionality through a standardized interface. Some common capabilities provided by a BaaS API include:

1. **Blockchain Account Management:** APIs to create, configure, and manage account API provides programmatic access on a blockchain network.
2. **Smart Contract Deployment and Execution**: APIs to deploy smart contracts to the blockchain network and invoke their functions. This includes functions for compiling, deploying, and interacting with smart contracts.
3. **Crosschain Blockchain** APIs: Typically use a set of methods to interact with smart contracts and other systems across different blockchain networks.
4. **Transaction and Data Management:** APIs for creating, signing, and submitting transactions to the blockchain network. They may also provide functionality for querying transaction status, retrieving transaction history, and managing data on the blockchain.
5. **Verifiable Credential :** APIs for managing user identities, permissions, and access controls on the blockchain network. Zetrix Verifiable Credential Certs and its API allow you to generate and digitally sign Verifiable Credentials.

The **endpoints for Zetrix BaaS API** for both mainnet and testnet are defined as

1. <https://api-sandbox.zetrix.com> (Zetrix Testnet)
2. <https://api-v2.zetrix.com> (Zetrix Mainnet)

Access to BaaS services requires users to register an account on [ZPlatform](/en/developer-resources/zplatform-baas-api.md).

#### Authorization

All API requests must include **both** the API Gateway key and the access token:

* **API Gateway Key:** Include in the header `X-API-Key`.
* **Access Token:** Include in the header `Authorization: Bearer <access_token>`.

#### Access Token

```http
Authorization : Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>
```

#### API Gateway Authentication

All requests to the Zetrix API Gateway **must** include the following header:

**Testnet**

```http
X-API-Key:ehg7q2i6aN8jY6BbHqN5q42KsHQFRwl260jqAkAU
```

**Mainnet**

```http
X-API-Key:OOXtr6biOR6eJa2Rjj9En4PwDxxl0U2haUohaxrC
```

**Example (curl)**

```bash
curl -X GET https://<api-endpoint> \
  -H "X-API-Key: ehg7q2i6aN8jY6BbHqN5q42KsHQFRwl260jqAkAU" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"
```

**Notes**

* The `X-API-Key` header is **required** for all API Gateway requests.
* Requests without a valid API key will be rejected with an authorization error.


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