> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.niobi.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Niobi has a set of APIs which allows you to authenticate to the platform, accept payments from using payment links, make payments and viewing you account balance in your Niobi wallet

<Note>
  If you're not looking to using our APIs but the platform itself, you can register at [https://payments.niobi.co/register](https://payments.niobi.co/register) to get started.
</Note>

## Welcome

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Authentication" icon="money-bill" href="/api-reference/payment/generates-signature-for-niobi-integration">
    View API Reference
  </Card>

  <Card title="Collections" icon="wallet" href="/api-reference/payment-link/unified-collections">
    View API Reference
  </Card>

  <Card title="Disbursements" icon="link" href="/api-reference/payment/niobi-unified-payment-version-3">
    View API Reference
  </Card>

  <Card title="Account Balance" icon="link" href="/api-reference/payment/get-account-balance-v3">
    View API Reference
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Authentication

All API endpoints except the authentication, are authenticated using a signature based mechanism introduced in the authentication flow.

```json theme={null}
{
  "client_id": "string",
  "sender": "string",
  "signature": "string",
  "timestamp": "string",
  "salt": "string",
  "params": "object"
}
```

<Info>For Every request sent you have to generate a new signature which will be generate on our end</Info>