Set up a Tango account

Tango is a free rewards self-serve web portal that is currently available for use by organizations with a US business address.
To utilize our Tango API, you must generate an API key to access your Tango account. If you don't have an account with us, fill out our Lead form and enter the required information, talk briefly about your program, and give us your company name and address. We will contact you shortly.

Explore our API by using our reference documentation or Test Console. Our test console comes with default credentials you can use. Do not enter proprietary or confidential information in the default platform provided. This default platform is available to the public and any information you enter can be retrieved by others.

When you are ready, reach out to one of our Technical Support specialists or email [email protected] to request your own sandbox credentials and schedule an API review. Once you receive your own credentials, set up your organization in our Sandbox environment.

Retrieve platform name and key with Basic authentication

If you have an account with Tango, you can retrieve your platform name and key.

To retrieve platform Name and Key using Basic authentication:

1. Log in to Tango portal. Refer to our help article for login questions.
2. Navigate to Team settings on the left menu.

3. Go to API keys and click Manage.
4. Click the eye icon next to your Active key to retrieve your platform name and your API key provided by Tango securely.
5. Click Generate API key if you need to create a new one.

Retrieve client ID and client secret with Open Authentication (OAuth)

OAuth client credentials settings in Tango portal allows you to generate a client ID and secret. The active credentials is then used to call Tango API token end points to generate a token. This token is used to call further Tango APIs.

To retrieve client ID and Client Secret using Open authentication:

1. Log in to Tango portal.
2. Navigate to Team settings on the left menu.

3. Go to the OAuth client credentials.
4. Click Manage .
5. Click Generate Client Credentials to generate a token.
6. Check out Audit Log to view the history of activities in managing the credentials, and for audit purposes.

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Note:

You can generate up to two credentials at a given time and deactivate a credential if it is no longer required. It provides an option for you to rotate credentials when needed. For security reasons, you are encouraged to rotate your credentials periodically.