# Getting Started

Supercharge your product with our B2B Cards-as-a-Service (in short: CaaS) solution

## Welcome to Pliant's Cards-as-a-Service API

The CaaS API enables seamless integration with the Pliant platform, allowing you to manage financial transactions, entities, and business operations efficiently.

### Getting Started

To maximize the benefits of your integration, we recommend starting with our introductory sections on [environments](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/environment), [business entities](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/business-entities), and [core concepts](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/core-concepts). These sections provide a high-level understanding of our product architecture and key API concepts.

Familiarizing yourself with our API fundamentals — such as [versioning](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/versioning), [pagination](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/pagination), and [general API guidelines](/docs/pliant-api-guidelines) — will help you design a robust integration. Pay particular attention to the [asynchronous nature of mutating API calls](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/core-concepts), as it is essential for handling API responses correctly.

### Authentication & Data Access

Before accessing the API, review our guide on [authentication](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/authenticated-api-usage) to understand how API consumers are verified. Additionally, explore how customers [activate](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/data-sharing-overview) data sharing with partners to enable secure and compliant access to financial data.

### Scopes & Permissions

Pliant's API serves a diverse range of partners with different business models and data access needs. To accommodate these variations, we implement permission-based access control using [scopes](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/introduction-to-scopes), allowing you to define the level of access required for your use case.

## API Reference

If you're ready to start building, jump directly to our [API Reference](/reference) for detailed endpoint documentation.

## Testing & Sandbox Environment

For development and testing, we provide a sandbox environment. Learn how to generate [test data](https://partner.getpliant.com/docs/generate-test-transactions) to validate your implementation before going live.

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