Generate Token API

Generate Token API

Generate Access Token using client id and client secret.

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/vcf/generateToken
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Request Body

Generate Token API. Please note Authorization header is not needed for this API as the API itself generates access token.

TokenRequest of mimetype application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Required
string
grant_type
Required

Grant Type. Supported Value - 'client_credentials'

string
client_id
Required

Client Id

string
client_secret
Required

Client Secret

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

Successful operation

Returns TokenResponse of type(s) application/json 
{
    "value": {
        "access_token": "string",
        "token_type": "Bearer",
        "expires_in": 3600,
        "scope": "vcf"
    }
}
string
access_token
Optional

access_token

string
token_type
Optional

token_type

string
expires_in
Optional

expires_in

string
scope
Optional

scope

array of string
resource
Optional

List of resources


400

Bad Request

Returns ErrorResponse1 of type(s) application/json 
{
    "value": {
        "error": "unsupported_grant_type",
        "error_description": "The given grant_type is not supported"
    }
}
string
error
Optional

error

string
error_description
Optional

error_description


401

Unauthorized

Returns ErrorResponse1 of type(s) application/json 
{
    "value": {
        "error": "invalid_client",
        "error_description": "The given client credentials were not valid"
    }
}
string
error
Optional

error

string
error_description
Optional

error_description


404

Not Found

Returns ErrorResponse1 of type(s) application/json 
"ErrorResponse1 Object"
string
error
Optional

error

string
error_description
Optional

error_description


500

Internal Server Error

Returns ErrorResponse1 of type(s) application/json 
"ErrorResponse1 Object"
string
error
Optional

error

string
error_description
Optional

error_description


Code Samples
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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' -d '{"client_id:"string","client_secret:"string","grant_type:"string"}' https://{api_host}/vcf/generateToken
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