Getting Started
Introduction
What the Samtec Developer Portal is and how to get started.
What this portal is
The Samtec Developer Portal documents the APIs behind Samtec's part catalog, pricing, lead time, ordering, quoting, 3D models, and usage stats — plus webhook notifications for order and design events. The goal is the same one Samtec's original API site described: access to Samtec's data at the speed of your application, without a manual lookup.
Every API here is available over HTTPS at https://api.samtec.com, authenticated with a JWT that Samtec provisions for you (see Onboarding). Each one has:
- An Overview page — what it does, when you'd use it, and common use cases.
- A Reference page — every endpoint, its parameters and response schema, generated directly from the live API spec, with an interactive playground you can call from the browser using your own token.
APIs on this portal
| API | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Catalog | Part data, specs, pricing and availability snapshots, and bulk export. |
| Lead Time | Next available shipment date for a part. |
| Pricing | Customer-specific pricing for a part and quantity. |
| Orders | Place and track orders. |
| Quotes | Create and retrieve formal price quotes. |
| Models | 3D models, EDA symbols, and footprints for a part. |
| Stats | Your own API usage and performance metrics. |
| Webhooks | Real-time notifications for order and design events. |
Getting started
- Onboarding — request a token from the API team.
- Authentication — how to send that token on every request, in the portal playground and in your own code.
- Pick an API above and open its Reference page to try a real call.