How to get your Phorest API details
To let Booking Connect read and update your Phorest diary, you need API details from Phorest. Here is how to ask for them and where to enter them.
Step 1: ask Phorest for API access
Email api-requests@phorest.com and ask for API details.
Quote your Phorest account number. Phorest explain where to find it and how the process works in Getting Started with the Phorest API.
If they ask why, say you are looking to develop some specific functionality for your salon.
Step 2: what you will receive
A user name, which looks something like global/you@youremail.com.
A password, which looks something like a1b2c3d4ef.
A business ID, which looks similar to the password but a bit longer.
Step 3: enter them in Booking Connect
Log in, go to Setup and find Step 1: Phorest API settings. Enter your username, password and business ID and click Save Changes. When it works, the badge changes to Connected. Then choose your branch in Step 2: Select Branch.
We use these details only to read and update your diary in Phorest on your behalf, and they are stored encrypted.
Step 4: choose your staff
Once connected, Booking Connect shows your staff list so you can choose whom to sync. See Selecting staff.