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Authentication

Authentication for the RESTful Ownly API v1 is done via the HTTP basic authentication scheme.

You first have to generate your authentication token Here.

Privacy​

Authentication tokens must be kept secure. Do not share Authentication tokens in publicly accessible areas such as source code, tutorials, email, etc.

Request URL​

POST https://api.theownly.io/oauth2/token

Headers​

NameValueRequired?
Acceptapplication/jsonYes
Content-Typeapplication/jsonYes

Parameters​

NameTypeRequired?Description
grant_typeclient_credentialsYes
client_idStringYes
client_secretStringYes

Example Request​


curl -X 'POST' \
'https://api.theownly.io/oauth2/token' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"grant_type": "client_credentials",
"client_id": "your_client_id_here",
"client_secret": "your_client_secret_here"
}'

Example Response​


{
"access_token": "string",
"token_type": "Bearer",
"refresh_token": "string",
"created_at": 0,
"expires_in": 0,
"refresh_expires_in": 0
}