Request an access token

Request a temporary access token to make authenticated API requests to Cloud Identity Portal administration.

Request

POST /GmaApi/oauth/token

Example cURL request

# curl -v -X POST https://hostname/GmaApi/oauth/token -d "client_id=client-12345-12345&client_secret=secret-12345- 12345&grant_type=client_credentials"

Resource URI

https://hostname/GmaApi/oauth/token

Request parameters

Table 1. Request parameters
Parameter Type Required Description
client_id String Yes Your client ID.
client_secret String Yes Your client secret.
grant_type String Yes The access grant type. The value of grant_type is client_credentials. No other grant type is supported.

Example response

{"access_token": "644d0ac0-908f-485a-ac8d-b5bb99f200d7" "token_type":"bearer", "expires_in":3599}

Response parameters

Table 2. Response parameters
Parameter Description
access_token The access token value.
token_type The access token type is bearer, giving access to the bearer of the token.
expires_in The time in seconds the token is valid for.