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PlaidCloud uses standard JSON-RPC requests and can be used with any application that can perform those requests.

To make things easier, a Python package is available to simplify the connection and API running process.

From a terminal run the following command:

Terminal window
pip install plaidcloud-rpc

Using the Simplerpc Object to Make a Request

Section titled “Using the Simplerpc Object to Make a Request”

To make a request using the plaidcloud-rpc package use the SimpleRPC object.

from plaidcloud.rpc.connection.jsonrpc import SimpleRPC
auth_token = "Your PlaidCloud Auth Token" # See Obtaining Token below
endpoint_uri = "plaidcloud.com" # or plaidcloud.net
rpc = SimpleRPC(auth_token, endpoint_uri)

Once you have the SimpleRPC object instantiated you can then issue RPC request to PlaidCloud. This example requests the meta data for a table.

table = rpc.analyze.table.table(
project_id=project_id,
table_id=table_id
)

There are many APIs available for use that control nearly every aspect of PlaidCloud. The interactive API reference is served per-tenant inside each PlaidCloud workspace — open your workspace and navigate to the API documentation menu to see the live endpoint catalog.

See OAuth setup for more information on obtaining an OAuth token and how to configure the system for automated auth.