curl command for requesting access token

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nick-lagerquist5249 asked Apr 27, '17 Leonard leWang edited Aug 12, '20

curl command for requesting access token

What is the curl command for requesting an access token using Password Flow?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-27T00:37:49Z

Julio Toledo answered Apr 27, '17 Tyler Liu commented Apr 29, '19

curl -X POST "https://platform.ringcentral.com/restapi/oauth/token" 
-H "Accept: application/json"
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"  -H "Authorization: Basic <access-token>"  -d "username=<user-phone-number>&password=<user-password>&extension=<user-extension>&grant_type=password

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https://developer.ringcentral.com/api-docs/latest/index.html#!#RefPasswordFlow

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Tyler Liu ♦ · Apr 27, 2017 at 01:34 AM

You don't need to manually do base64 encoding:

curl -X POST "https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/oauth/token"; \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-u "<appKey>:<appSecret>" \
-d "username=<username>&password=<password>&extension=<extension>&grant_type=password"

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Julio Toledo · Apr 27, 2017 at 01:02 AM

Oops, by "<access-token>" I meant to say Base64 Encoded appKey + appSecret

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Julio Toledo · Apr 27, 2017 at 01:39 AM

Awesome! So then the -u option implies "Basic" auth.

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nick-lagerquist5249 · Apr 27, 2017 at 02:17 AM

Thanks for the responses. That solved that problems I was having.

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robert-raj8062 · Dec 07, 2017 at 11:17 AM

Hi all,Still i got Unauthorized for this grant type

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Answer 2 · 2019-07-06T19:00:12Z

Anirban answered Jul 6, '19

Here the problem you are facing is the header Authorization which is Basic <base64 of appKey:appSecret> .. If you pass that header in curl, your problem will be solved

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