4.8.2.8.1. Getting an OAuth Token

An OAuth token is required for any REST API method (except when you are using an anonymous access). A token can be obtained by the POST request on the address:

http://localhost:8080/app/rest/v2/oauth/token

An access to this endpoint is protected with a basic authentication. REST API client identifier and password is used for basic authentication. Please note that these are not an application user login and password. REST API client id and password are defined in the application properties cuba.rest.client.id and cuba.rest.client.secret (the default values are client and secret). You must pass the client id and secret, separated by a single colon (":") character, within a base64 encoded string in the Authorization header.

The request type must be application/x-www-form-urlencoded, the encoding is UTF-8.

The requst must contain the following parameters:

  • grant_type - always password.

  • username - application user login.

  • password - application user password.

POST /oauth/token
Authorization: Basic Y2xpZW50OnNlY3JldA==
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

grant_type=password&username=smith&password=qwerty123

Method returns a JSON object:

{
  "access_token": "29bc6b45-83cd-4050-8c7a-2a8a60adf251",
  "token_type": "bearer",
  "expires_in": 43198,
  "scope": "rest-api"
}

A token value is in the access_token property.