Get access token

Request

Header Params

Content-Type

string

required

Example:

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body Params application/x-www-form-urlencoded

grant_type

string

required

Example:

client_credentials

client_id

string

required

Example:

scope

string

required

Example:

administrator/write

client_secret

string

required

Example:

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curl --location -g --request POST 'https://{{COGNITO_DNS}}/oauth2/token' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'grant_type=client_credentials' \
--data-urlencode 'client_id={{client_id}}' \
--data-urlencode 'scope=administrator/write' \
--data-urlencode 'client_secret={{client_secret}}'

Responses

🟢200Success

application/json

Body

access_token

string

required

expires_in

integer

required

token_type

string

required

Example

{
    "access_token": "eyJraWQiOiJqdzdJN05LSDJpRENORlJiNHA2UVRxRTNcL3paWWJaam9lbFZ5YnAwMlwvZ2M9IiwiYWxnIjoiUlMyNTYifQ.eyJzdWIiOiIzamNoN2UxYmE5Y3BoNW9uZjN0ZHM4amRjMSIsInRva2VuX3VzZSI6ImFjY2VzcyIsInNjb3BlIjoiYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvclwvd3JpdGUiLCJhdXRoX3RpbWUiOjE3MzM0NzAxMDksImlzcyI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9jb2duaXRvLWlkcC5hcC1zb3V0aGVhc3QtMi5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tXC9hcC1zb3V0aGVhc3QtMl9nSHlTRGhpY2siLCJleHAiOjE3MzM0NzM3MDksImlhdCI6MTczMzQ3MDEwOSwidmVyc2lvbiI6MiwianRpIjoiMDNhOGRlN2ItODcyOS00MjE2LThjNDYtNjBmZTg4ZDY4NWFhIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiM2pjaDdlMWJhOWNwaDVvbmYzdGRzOGpkYzEifQ.EKDnuYFeatt4ParYPHcwVGv8kE0vPHziGYTZ1WdJRv8JKINrppiV2x_zMa1It7bJ04VmNaefrBKWr7VEQyi3mOGyWQg7T2aY9XPLtmbTwfYflfVJ7WB6n2YfJC3TPfiDwHcc8XibgamGjmwX4PI10Y7WtWqsk1DwPBATV1ChF_s9V_nOkaqR0WB0tyQaJbSAQgtsNU638G5d1brBosk2-BnjDMR1G0M7C8rm15aiOqh4-2_lq9LFp1PS7y-9p96rmLVDQcr06BD_mK3Iy9dV6mn2tPP9YMCDCTsMjhRQG5bGA9XL5dyIg6rUAgbi6uCSjdeSHxXxrnk7aBOPa3J8_w",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "Bearer"
}