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What is credit?

In accordance with the Terms of Service, if you are using the Rakuten API in your app, you must give credit by displaying one of our badges.

Giving credit with a badge is required for all apps that use the Rakuten API.

We have prepared the following three different patterns to make it easy for you to give credit. Please be aware of these points when you use these HTML snippets.

Display details Appearance
Small banner image
221px X 21px
Large banner image
311px X 30px
Text Supported by Rakuten Developers

How to use it & important points to be aware of

When giving credit, please use the supplied HTML snippets..
. In addition, please be aware of the following important points.

Important points

  • Use the provided HTML source code as is. Modified HTML is not permissable.
  • When using an image to give credit do not alter the image.
  • Do not display anything that would mislead the user into thinking the site or app was part of Rakuten, Inc. or a Rakuten Group company.
  • Do not use these brandings on sites or apps that do not use Rakuten Web Services.
  • When using text or an image to give credit you may place them anywhere on your site or app. However please do not display them in a way that would prevent the user from understanding that the site or app was supported Rakuten Web Services.

Please be aware that if the HTML source code or images have been modified or these requirements are in any other way not met, access to the Rakuten Web Services APIs may be disabled.

HTML source code

Small banner image
221px X 21px

<!-- Rakuten Web Services Attribution Snippet FROM HERE -->
<a href="https://webservice.rakuten.co.jp/" target="_blank"><img src="https://webservice.rakuten.co.jp/img/credit/200709/credit_22121.gif" border="0" alt="Rakuten Web Service Center" title="Rakuten Web Service Center" width="221" height="21"/></a>
<!-- Rakuten Web Services Attribution Snippet TO HERE -->

Large banner image
311px X 30px

<!-- Rakuten Web Services Attribution Snippet FROM HERE -->
<a href="https://webservice.rakuten.co.jp/" target="_blank"><img src="https://webservice.rakuten.co.jp/img/credit/200709/credit_31130.gif" border="0" alt="Rakuten Web Service Center" title="Rakuten Web Service Center" width="311" height="30"/></a>
<!-- Rakuten Web Services Attribution Snippet TO HERE -->

Text

<!-- Rakuten Web Services Attribution Snippet FROM HERE -->
<a href="https://developers.rakuten.com/" target="_blank">Supported by Rakuten Developers</a>
<!-- Rakuten Web Services Attribution Snippet TO HERE -->