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Approver | Pavel Shkadzko |
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All access to the User Center API requires client authentication. A client can authenticate itself with the Client Credentials Grant described in RFC 6749. In short, the client exchanges its client ID and client secret for an access token.
Request
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//get a client access token
curl -v -H 'Accept: application/json'
-u 'client-id:secret'
'https://user.gini.net/oauth/token?grant_type=client_credentials'
GET /oauth/token?grant_type=client_credentials HTTP/1. |
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Authorization: Basic Y2xpZW50LWlkOnNlY3JldA==
Host: user.gini.net
Accept: application/json
//example response
{
"access_token":"74c1e7fe-e464-451f-a6eb-8f0998c46ff6","token_type":"bearer","expires_in":3599
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Request
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//The client can now use the returned access token to make requests to the User Center API by sending the token as a bearer token in the Authorization request header:
GET /api/users/c1e60c6b-a0a4-4d80-81eb-c1c6de729a0e HTTP/1.1
Host: user.gini.net
Authorization: BEARER 74c1e7fe-e464-451f-a6eb-8f0998c46ff6
Accept: application/json |