Skills Development Ramp API Integration for Financial Management

Ramp API Integration for Financial Management

v20260423
ramp-security-basics
This skill provides implementation patterns for interacting with the Ramp Developer API, focusing on security basics, OAuth2 authentication, and managing corporate card and expense data. It guides developers through obtaining access tokens, querying card information, and handling common API errors, making it essential for integrating financial sync or expense tracking into custom applications.
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Overview

Ramp Security Basics

Overview

Implementation patterns for Ramp security basics using the Developer API with OAuth2 authentication.

Prerequisites

  • Completed ramp-install-auth setup

Instructions

Step 1: API Call Pattern

import os, requests

# Obtain token
token_resp = requests.post(f"{os.environ['RAMP_BASE_URL'].replace('/v1','')}/v1/token", data={
    "grant_type": "client_credentials",
    "client_id": os.environ["RAMP_CLIENT_ID"],
    "client_secret": os.environ["RAMP_CLIENT_SECRET"],
})
access_token = token_resp.json()["access_token"]
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}"}

cards = requests.get(f"{os.environ['RAMP_BASE_URL']}/cards", headers=headers)
print(f"Cards: {len(cards.json()['data'])}")

Output

  • Ramp API integration for security basics

Error Handling

Error Cause Solution
401 Unauthorized Expired token Re-authenticate
429 Rate Limited Too many requests Implement backoff
403 Forbidden Insufficient permissions Check API app permissions

Resources

Next Steps

See related Ramp skills for more workflows.

Info
Category Development
Name ramp-security-basics
Version v20260423
Size 1.79KB
Updated At 2026-04-28
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