POST api/Authenticate

Authenticate API user and generate authorization token

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

The API user input parameters

AuthenticatePostParameters
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
username

Subscription username which provides access to this API

string

None.

password

Subscription password which provides access to this API

string

None.

grant_type

The access grant type

string

None.

Request Formats

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample: username=sample string 1&password=sample string 2&grant_type=sample string 3

Response Information

Resource Description

AuthToken
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
token_type

Type of token, e.g. bearer

string

None.

expires_in

The amount of seconds to token expiration

integer

None.

access_token

Token to be used to authorize each API request

string

None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:
{
  "token_type": "sample string 1",
  "expires_in": 2,
  "access_token": "sample string 3"
}