Retrieving OAuth Token

About this task

You must retrieve an OAuth token to access an API that is OAuth protected.

To retrieve an OAuth token

Procedure

Open your REST client.
Make a POST call to the following URL, with the hostname of the system where API Gateway is installed in place of localhost:
```
http://localhost:5555/invoke/pub.apigateway.oauth2/getAccessToken
```
For example
```
http://10.2.120.14:5555/invoke/pub.apigateway.oauth2/getAccessToken
```

Provide the following payload, with the required client id and client secret, in the Request section:

{
            "grant_type":"client_credentials",
            "client_id":"client id",
            "client_secret":"client secret"
}

You can find Client id and Client secret in the Authentication section of the Application details page.

For example

{
            "grant_type":"client_credentials",
            "client_id":"0abcd80e-f009-4a38-b52e-e663b2e18e5b",
            "client_secret":"3bd9c383-813e-40d4-b876-67c4da7c71cc"
}

The access token that can be used to access the required application is displayed in the Response section.

Sample response

{
    "access_token": "c9a39e14e6a84be0b228bc9bcb76ad99",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "expires_in": 3600
}