> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paywithsoap.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Reference for Soap payments, compliance, and fraud APIs

Soap provides payment, compliance, and fraud prevention APIs for merchants, platforms, and processors operating complex or compliance-heavy payment flows.

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## API Overview

The Soap API is organized around REST. Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs, accepts JSON-encoded request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

## Getting Started

To get started with the Soap API, you'll need to:

1. Sign up for a Soap account
2. Get your API keys from the dashboard
3. Make your first API request

Check out our [Quickstart Guide](/get_started/quickstart) to make your first API call.

## Authentication

All API endpoints are authenticated using Bearer tokens. Include your API key in the Authorization header:

```bash theme={null}
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```