generateToken_client_credential

Client Credentials Grant

The Client Credentials grant type is used by clients to obtain an access token outside of the context of a user.

This is typically used by clients to access resources about themselves rather than to access a user's resources.

Base Url : {{eventhos-api-base-url}}

Endpoint : /auth/token

Method : POST

Auth required : No

Permissions required : none

Request

type: body

client_id=*********&client_secret=*******&grant_type=client_credentials

Request Headers Description

key	value	description
content-type	application/x-www-form-urlencoded	Sends encoded data to the server using the request body in the form of key=value pairs. For non standard clients you coul use json

Request Fields Description

key	value	description
grant_type	client_credentials	Send client_credentials according to your needs
client_id	******	The client id
client_secret	******	The client secret

This request is similar to the oauth2 spec:

• https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/access-tokens/client-credentials/
• https://auth0.com/docs/get-started/authentication-and-authorization-flow/call-your-api-using-the-client-credentials-flow#example-post-to-token-url

Response

{
  "code": 200000,
  "message": "Token generated for client *****",
  "content": {
    "jwt_token": "******",
    "name": "Subject name",
    "description": "Subject description",
    "client_id": 1,
    "identifier": "clientIdentifier",
    "roles": [1, 2]
  }
}

Response Fields Description

key	value	description
code	200000	success. http status will be 201
message	Token generated for client 1	result message
content	Object	The response of the client or user generated token
jwt_token	token	The generated token
name	Subject Name	The subject name
description	Subject description	The subject description
client_id	1	The client id only showed if grant_type is client_credentials
user_id	1	The user id if grant_type is password
identifier	clientIdentifier	The client identifier if grant_type is client_credentials
username	userUsername	The user username if grant_type is password
roles	[1, 2]	The clients or user roles id array

Response codes

code	description
400001	Incorrect client secret or user password
400011	Client can not generate short live token
400004	Client or user not found
500000	Not categorized error