SBA Grant Loan Platform FAQ - Developer Notes
- 1. How will client get Keys for the API
- 2. Where is endpoint URL
- 3. FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) to be whitelisted for calling API’s
- 4. ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number)
- 5. What is the regular expression used to validate EINs and SSNs?
1. How will client get Keys for the API
Client will need two keys to access the APIs for the Forgiveness platform: First, they will need vendor key that will uniquely identify their organization as a consumer of these APIs. This will be provided as part of their on-boarding.
Second, they will need to obtain a API key.This will be provided as part of their on-boarding.
2. Where is endpoint URL
Environment: All the forgiveness API’s are exposed in the Sandbox and Production environment
| Environment | URL |
|---|---|
| Sandbox | https://sandbox.restaurants.sba.gov/ |
| Production | https://restaurants.sba.gov/ |
3. FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) to be whitelisted for calling API’s
restaurants.sba.gov for prod
Also to upload and access documents (Amazon S3), here are the details
| Environment | URL |
|---|---|
| Sandbox | lenders-cooperative-sandbox-app.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com |
| Production | lenders-cooperative-prod-app.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com |
| DR | lenders-cooperative-prod-app-2.s3.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com |
4. ITIN - Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
a) ITIN edit checks allows nine digit number beginning with number 9 and 4th-5th digit between 70-99
b) API will support ITIN with Tin_type of 4
c) ITIN is allowed for both borrowers and owners
d) Supported in both UI and API
5. What is the regular expression used to validate EINs and SSNs?
For SSN -
The REGEX is: “^(?!000|666)[0-8][0-9]{2}-(?!00)[0-9]{2}-(?!0000)[0-9]{4}$”
For EIN -
Last 8 digits not in this list:
‘00000000’,‘11111111’,‘22222222’,‘33333333’,‘44444444’,‘55555555’,‘66666666’,‘77777777’,‘88888888’,‘99999999’