Workflows

Many clients of this service will follow a similar workflow to achieve their goals. This section describes common workflows which may be used as models.

• The Identity Verification Workflow may be used by clients to get the iRacing customer identifier of the authenticated user. Previously, clients might have used private messages on the iRacing forums or other means to accomplish this goal.
• The Data API Workflow may be used by clients interested in making queries to /data on the behalf of an authenticated iRacing member. Previously, clients might have been constrained to using only the parts of the Data API which are not customer-specific. This workflow allows the client to access the full Data API without the need to handle user passwords.

Multiple workflows may be used by the same client as necessary. A client developer may prefer to use the Identity Verification Workflow even though the Data API Workflow gives access to a superset of the /iracing/profile information by way of /data/member/info.

Users may prefer clients which request the fewest permissions.