Telesign Self-service Python SDK

Telesign connects, protects, and defends the customer experience with intelligence from billions of digital interactions and mobile signals. Through developer-friendly APIs that deliver user verification, digital identity, and omnichannel communications, we help the world's largest brands secure onboarding, maintain account integrity, prevent fraud, and streamline omnichannel engagement.

Requirements

• Python 2.7+ or Python 3.7+
• pip (optional) - This package manager isn't required to use this SDK, but it is required to use the installation instructions below.

NOTE:

These instructions are for MacOS. They will need to be adapted if you are installing on Windows.

Installation

Follow these steps to add this SDK as a dependency to your project.

1. (Optional) Create a new directory for your Python project. Skip this step if you already have created a project. If you plan to create multiple Python projects that use Telesign, we recommend that you group them within a telesign_integrations directory.

   cd ~/code/local
   mkdir telesign_integrations
   cd telesign_integrations
   mkdir {your project name}
   cd {your project name}

2. Install the SDK as a dependency in the top-level directory of your project using the command below. Once the SDK is installed, you should see a message in the terminal notifying you that you have successfully installed the SDK.

   pip install telesign

Authentication

If you use a Telesign SDK to make your request, authentication is handled behind-the-scenes for you. All you need to provide is your Customer ID and API Key(or password). The SDKs apply Digest authentication whenever they make a request to a Telesign service where it is supported. Intelligence uses Basic authentication.

What's next

• Learn to send a request to Telesign with code with one of our tutorials.
• Browse our Developer Portal for tutorials, how-to guides, reference content, and more.
• Check out our sample code on GitHub.