Get API Access Token

Technical documentation on the route used to obtain an access token that can be used to get your data from the Phin API.

Body Reference

Field	Type	Example
client_id	string	“ZzyourClientIdzZ”
client_secret	string	“superSecretString”
audience	constant string	"https://public.api.phinsec.io"
grant_type	constant string	"client_credentials"

Body Sample

{
  "client_id":"YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
  "client_secret":"YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
  "audience":"<https://public.api.phinsec.io>",
  "grant_type":"client_credentials"
}

Response Reference

Field	Type	Example
access_token	string	“eyBbase64EncodedString”
expires_in	number (seconds)	86400
token_type	string	Bearer

Response Sample

{ 
  "access_token": "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN", 
  "expires_in": 86400,
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}

Error Reference

Code	Message	Explanation
403	unauthorized_client	You probably spelled “client_credentials” improperly in the “grant_type”
403	access_denied	You may have not spelled the “audience” properly
403	Unauthorized	You have incorrectly entered the client_id or client_secret