I'm interested in creating an API integration, so that I can simply read total sales from Clover. I do not need an App on the Clover Device. I basically just want to read from the reports. I notice that I can create a "private token" and a "public token" but I see very little documentation on how to use these. Further, I notice that the docs that (I think) I need are calling for a Bearer token? Am I looking in the wrong place?
That is, I have access and really like clover.com, I can see orders, sales, and run reports. If I don't need to create an app, do I need a sandbox/Global Developer Dashboard account?
Are you a merchant or a developer? If you are a developer do you want to build an app that will be used by many merchants or just a single or a few merchants?
Um, both? I am only interested in building an implementation for only my merchant IDs (we have 30 or so). I'm a developer by day :) So, in that capacity I suppose I'm a merchant. I do not want to build an app for others to use.
Getting an app approved by Clover is an extraordinary long and painful process. I would just use a merchant token for now, the private token is what you will pass in your API requests. The problem with this approach is that you have to manage a token for each of your merchants. I would set up a sandbox account just so you can play with the API, so you aren't experimenting in prod. Good luck.
I understand, can you help me understand why I'm getting a 401 from the following?
```
curl --location 'https://api.clover.com/v3/merchants/{my merchant id}' \--header 'accept: application/json' \--header 'authorization: Bearer {token obtained from Settings ==> Business Operations ==> API Tokens ==> Private Token}'
```
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