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Available from CRM.COM R15.0.0

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This method returns an authentication token, which can subsequently be used by all other Web API methods to access the system and retrieve data that are owned only by the consumer that was identified through the provided access token

Note

The Authentication Token expires after two hours, regardless of if the token is used or not, and a new one should be retrieved. The token is returned in JWT structure and the length of the token will be more that 32 characters

More information for authentication authenticating using Consumer Application Keys can be found in API Authentication

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Name

Type

Description

keyStringThe key should be passed via HTTP Basic Auth, as the basic auth username. The basic auth password should be left empty

access_token_identifier

(mandatory)

Access Token Identifier

The identifier of the access token that should be used during the authentication process. The allowed access token identifier fields are the following

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V4:access_token_identifier
 

unit

(optional)

String

The unit ID that the user will use during login. If not specified then the default unit for that user is used

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titleExample 1

HTTP Method: POST

 

 Request

 

Headers

KeyValueComments
Content-Typeapplication/json 
AuthorizationBasic RUU3M0MwQUU2NDUyNDM3MUI1RERFRkY1RjdCQjIxOTI6Note that the Web API key for this example is EE73C0AE64524371B5DDEFF5F7BB2192, which is encrypted and set as the authorisation parameter based on the  HTTP Basic Auth protocol

 

Post Data

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 {
	"access_token_identifier": { "authentication_code": "p_kestora1!"},
	"unit":"1"
}

 

Response

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 {
    "data": {
        "token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjaWkiOiIyNjk1RkVEM0ZDRkQ0MDg0QUIzOUY0NEIxODg4OTEyMyIsInVzciI6Im1heXRlbXBsYXRlIiwib3JnIjoicHNfZGV2IiwiYXJpIjoiMjYxQkYyQjc5MTk4NDAxRDg5QTc5QzU0NUYxNkNCRUMiLCJvdW4iOiIxIiwiZXhwIjoiMTUxODEwNDg2NCIsImlhdCI6IjE1MTgwOTc2NjQiLCJqdGkiOiJGNTg2QjI4ODA0OEE0MTAwQjc0OUU2MkY0N0RGQzg0NCJ9.yvRGqFy7dL2H6RcqXOJQtD3zBoWHUDpoRN9Ma6hKfpg"
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "OK",
        "description": "",
        "message": ""
    }
}