Creating a Token

Function

This API is used to create an access token.

URI

POST /v1/tokens

Request Parameters

**Table 1** Parameters in the request body
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
client_id	Yes	String	Unique ID of the client
client_secret	Yes	String	Secret string generated for the client to obtain authorization from services in subsequent calls
code	No	String	Authorization code received from the authorization service. This parameter is required when executing an authorization request to obtain access to the token.
device_code	No	String	Used only when the authorization type (grant_type) is the device code (urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code).
grant_type	Yes	String	Authorization type, which can be authorization code, device code, client credential, and refresh token Enumerated value: authorization_code urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code
redirect_uri	No	String	Application URL that will receive the authorization code. The user authorizes a service to send a request to this URL.
refresh_token	No	String	Refresh token, which can be used to obtain a new access token after the original access token expires
scopes	No	Array of strings	List of scopes defined by a client to restrict permissions for access token authorization

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 2** Parameters in the response body
Parameter	Type	Description
token_info	Object	Token information

**Table 3** token_info
Parameter	Type	Description
access_token	String	Opaque token used to access IAM Identity Center resources assigned to users
expires_in	Integer	Expiration time (in seconds) of an access token
id_token	String	Opaque token used to identify a user
refresh_token	String	Refresh token, which can be used to obtain a new access token after the original access token expires
token_type	String	Used to notify the client that the returned token is an access token. The value is BearerToken currently.

Example Request

Creating an access token

POST https://{hostname}/v1/tokens

{
  "client_id" : "example_client_id",
  "client_secret" : "example_client_secret",
  "code" : "1234567890123456",
  "device_code" : null,
  "grant_type" : "authorization_code",
  "redirect_uri" : "https://example-redirect.example.com/redirect/url",
  "refresh_token" : null,
  "scopes" : [ "openid" ]
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

Successful

{
  "token_info" : {
    "access_token" : "example_access_token",
    "expires_in" : 1684955360,
    "id_token" : "example_access_token",
    "refresh_token" : null,
    "token_type" : "Bearer"
  }
}