SyllHost Reseller API Quick Start: Your First API Call in 5 Minutes

This quick start gets you from zero to a working API call. You will need a SyllHost account with API access enabled.

Step 1: Enable API access

API access is enabled per customer. Open a ticket or contact us and ask for the Reseller API. Our team will switch it on and tell you your discount and rate limit.

Step 2: Add funds

Every API order is paid from your account balance. Add funds in your client area. You can also ask what minimum balance is required on your account.

Step 3: Create an API key

1. Log in and open API access in your client area.
2. Create a key. It starts with sh_live_ and is shown only once, so copy it now.
3. Optionally restrict the key to your server's IP addresses.

Step 4: Your first call

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sh_live_xxxxxxxx" https://syllhost.com/api/v1/account

The answer shows your balance, minimum balance, how much you can spend, your discount and your rate limit:

{"data": {"balance": "92.00", "minimum_balance": "5.00", "available_to_spend": "87.00", "discount_percent": "20.00"}}

Step 5: List plans and check a domain

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sh_live_xxx" "https://syllhost.com/api/v1/products?type=wordpress"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sh_live_xxx" "https://syllhost.com/api/v1/domains/check?domain=example.com"

Prices in these responses already include your reseller discount and are exactly what you will be charged.

Step 6: Place an order

Ordering needs an Idempotency-Key header so a retry can never charge you twice. Read idempotency keys explained and the full guide.

Troubleshooting

• 401 invalid_api_key: wrong, missing or revoked key.
• 403 api_not_enabled: access has not been enabled for your account yet.
• 403 ip_not_allowed: your request came from an IP not on the key's allowlist.
• 400 https_required: use https:// not http://.

What the responses look like

Every successful response is wrapped in data. Lists add meta with page information, and you can paginate with ?page= and ?per_page= up to 100. Money values are strings with two decimals in USD, for example "8.00", which avoids rounding problems. Dates use ISO 8601. Errors always use one shape with a code and a message.

Good habits from the first day

• Store your key in an environment variable, never in code.
• Restrict the key to your server's IP address.
• Cache the product and domain price lists for a few minutes.
• Log the order number and your own reference for every order.
• Read available_to_spend before big batches.

What to read next

After your first calls, read key security, error handling and the PHP ordering example.

FAQ

Where is the full reference?

On the API reference page.

Build with our API: read the Reseller API reference and the step-by-step guide. API access is enabled per account, so contact us to request it.