Integrate Navan Into Your Product Without an API
The Integration Barrier
Navan (formerly TripActions) handles corporate travel and expense management for mid-market and enterprise teams. It has an API, but building on it requires developer effort — implementing authentication, handling pagination, mapping Navan’s data model, and maintaining the connector as the platform evolves. For finance and ERP products that need travel booking and expense data from Navan, this is a meaningful development cost. Deck pulls structured Navan data for your product without any API setup or developer investment.
Workflows Deck Supports
- Pull travel booking records — flights, hotels, car rentals — and deliver them to your travel management or finance product
- Extract expense report data and deliver it to your accounting or ERP system
- Pull receipt records and images and surface them in your document management layer
- Extract policy compliance status and surface violations in your spend controls product
- Pull travel spend by employee, department, or cost center and keep your analytics dashboard current
- Extract reimbursement status and sync it to your payroll or accounts payable tool
Navan Connection Methods Compared
| Deck | Navan API (direct) | Manual export | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requires API setup | No | Yes | No |
| Requires developer to build | No | Yes | No |
| Runs on schedule or on-demand | Yes | Yes (if built) | No |
| Single endpoint for all customers | Yes | No | No |
| Setup time | 15 min | Weeks | Ongoing |
How to Set Up Deck with Navan
- Connect your customer’s Navan account — Deck Vault handles credentials and MFA
- Define the data you need in plain language
- Call Deck’s API to get structured Navan data on demand or on schedule
FAQ
Does Navan have a public API?
Yes. Building on it directly requires implementing authentication, mapping Navan’s data model to your own, and keeping the connector current as the platform changes. Deck absorbs all of that.
What Navan data can Deck extract?
Travel bookings (flights, hotels, car rentals), expense report records, receipt images, policy compliance status, travel spend by employee and cost center, and reimbursement status.
Can Deck pull Navan data for multiple customer companies?
Yes. Each company’s Navan account is an independent session. Your product sends one request per account to a single Deck endpoint.
How does Deck handle Navan’s authentication?
Deck Vault stores credentials encrypted and resolves MFA automatically at the start of each session. No manual login at runtime.
Does Deck work with Navan’s global travel programs?
Yes. Navan accounts span many countries and booking types. Deck pulls from any Navan account without any per-region configuration on your end.