Using the Edge OAuth2 service to get tokens

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You can use the Edge OAuth2 service to exchange your credentials for an access and refresh token that you then use to call Edge endpoints in your OAuth workflows.

In addition to the techniques described in this section, you can also use the acurl and get_token utilities to get OAuth2 tokens.

Path

POST https://login.apigee.com/oauth/token

If you are accessing the Edge OAuth2 service from a SAML-enabled org in Edge for Public Cloud, you must include the zone name in your path. For example:

POST https://zone.login.apigee.com/oauth/token

Request headers

Parameter Value
Content-Type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
Accept "application/json;charset=utf-8"
Authorization

"Basic ZWRnZWNsaTplZGdlY2xpc2VjcmV0"

You can export this value to an environment variable so that you can reuse it in these API calls. For example:

export CLIENT_AUTH=ZWRnZWNsaTplZGdlY2xpc2VjcmV0
 
curl ... -H "Authorization: Basic $CLIENT_AUTH" ...

Form parameters

Parameter Required? Value
username Optional. A username and password combination or a passcode is required. Your Apigee username, which is usually the email address associated with your Apigee account.
password Optional. A username and password combination or a passcode is required. The password for your Apigee account.
mfa_token Optional A valid multi-factor authentication (MFA) code for your account. Required only if you have MFA enabled.
passcode Optional. A username and password combination or a passcode is required. A one-time passcode you can use in place of a password. A passcode is required when authenticating with a SAML IDP, and may be used to authenticate with an LDAP IDP.
grant_type Required

Determines whether you get a new access token or refresh the existing token. Valid values are:

  • "password": Get a new access token. When grant_type is "password", you must include your Apigee credentials in the request.
  • "refresh_token": Send a refresh token to get a new access token. When grant_type is "refresh_token", you are not required to include your credentials in the request.
refresh_token Optional The token you pass to get a new access token when the current access token has expired. This parameter is required when grant_type is "refresh_token".

Examples

Get a new access token

To get a new access token, set the grant_type to "password":

curl -H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8" \
      -H "Accept: application/json;charset=utf-8" \
      -H "Authorization: Basic ZWRnZWNsaTplZGdlY2xpc2VjcmV0" \
      -X POST https://login.apigee.com/oauth/token \
      -d 'username=ahamilton@example.com&password=mypassw0rd&grant_type=password'

Get a new access token with MFA

To get a new access token with MFA (multi-factor authentication) enabled, get the MFA code and then set the mfa_token parameter to its value:

curl -H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8" \
  -H "Accept: application/json;charset=utf-8" \
  -H "Authorization: Basic ZWRnZWNsaTplZGdlY2xpc2VjcmV0" \
  -X POST https://login.apigee.com/oauth/token?mfa_token=424242 \
  -d 'username=ahamilton@example.com&password=mypassw0rd&grant_type=password'

Refresh an access token

To refresh an access token, set grant_type to "refresh_token" and add your existing refresh token as a form parameter:

curl -H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8"
  -H "Accept: application/json;charset=utf-8" \
  -H "Authorization: Basic ZWRnZWNsaTplZGdlY2xpc2VjcmV0" \
  -X POST https://login.apigee.com/oauth/token \
  -d 'grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN'

Note that you do not need to pass your credentials when refreshing your access token.

Responses

On success, you will get back an access token, refresh token, and related information. For example:

{
  "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOimYyD8IP2IyYS1jNmNiLTQ4NTgtYjZkMS1mZjkyNGFkYTk1YWUiLCJzdWIiOiI0X0KLSNjZlNjM0ZC0zZjlhLTRiNYmFjNi1kYjE2M2M5OGEzOGYiLCJzY29wZSI6WyJzYbmlkIiwicGFzc3dvcmQud3JpdGUiLCJhcHByb3ZhbHMubWUiLCJvYXV0aC5hcHByb3ZhbHMiXSwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiZWRnZWNsaSIsImNpZCI6ImVkZ2VjbGkiLCJhenAiOiJlZGdlY2xpIiwiZ3JhbnRfdHlwZSI6InBhc3N3b3JkIiwidXNlcl9pZCI6IjQ2NmU2MzRkLTNmOWEtNGI0MS1iYWM2LWRiMTYzYzk4YTM4ZiIsIm9yaWdpbiI6InVzZXJncmlkIiwidXNlcl9uYW1lIjoid3dpdG1hbkBhcGlnZWUuY29tIiwiZW1haWwiOiJ3d2l0bWFuQGFwaWdlZS5jb20iLCJhdXRoX3RpbWUiOjE0NzMyNjU4NzcsImFsIjoyLCJyZXZfc2lnIjoiZTc0ZGY0M2QiLCJpYXQiOjE0NzMyNjU4NzcsImV4cCI6MTQ3MzI2NzY3NywiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9sb2dpbi5hcGlnZWUuY29tL29hdXRoL3Rva2VuIiwiemlkIjoidWFhIiwi2ltLm1lIiwib3BlYXVkIjpbImVkZ2VjbGkiLCJzY2ltIiwib3BlbmlkIiwicGFzc3dvcmQiLCJhcHByb3ZhbHMiLCJvYXV0aCJdfQ.AFuevkeGGUGSPED8leyEKaT-xg1xk_VEiKJLEpipVvQBXIqEc9wqcpm-ZuoatA9DhjASRuFSRaHH8Fasx_vBxEBsUNhRY-GTMw7_8fv4yRMOb2AO3WUl_NWwPkC8XRSI1zCMbAZicojsJ1n3OSP487Mu9dl9ByX5A_QfHV2_cj4l9-SD7u6vOdfdbBxbNMAQkfZLrVIEU8myF2dhKnNeMiuoHSHANsQFcx0_BFA1HnSUnVi4RYj1FlTs9SbcPnS1d7t7eVdxWz_q2OFVXNIBMELAvvM0WhXPYTW3Osve3UvvUs6ekGs-K-RCPSok-4-NJbdCDpZQQTgqHsrf77NTsw",
  "token_type": "bearer",
  "refresh_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.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.kBP5AkbRS7Tnp-5VAfTLVfkUbUer4gFEU6A7g202KTKiXbqTwPSmOIGFTK12XevVPQYmAaSMFAnempWKfY7sjaY7HC7q3mGl53_A18cnkKhtNq15wCnyMom_bX_MYLW1RQPFytJ6akSJ-JkoPFU0x_FQg1JIvub1A8eqQxcR0KP-QRCxYAS4HTjH80vDIxHNt1tg7clmpa3RlHri0dlPVVsSpTXXhkpXRg5QbiWMrpkACSV22c0x0KiNu7vx5A520VOCO7hQ7IzmVIcSWcRqI97L7WdCjH_q4105bs2qmW73670MC0UGiJ9t5B1S1cxwqpUEd-NAuCsY8SVn6eWzbA",
  "expires_in": 1799,
  "scope": "scim.me openid password.write approvals.me oauth.approvals",
  "jti": "9bf2cb2a-c6cb-4858-b6d1-ff924ada95ae"
}

Save the response values:

  • Use the access_token in calls to the Edge API
  • Use the refresh_token when your access token expires and you need to refresh it

If you get a response like the following:

{
  "error": "unauthorized",
  "error_description": "Bad credentials"
}

Be sure that you used the exact string given above ("ZWRnZWNsaTplZGdlY2xpc2VjcmV0") for the Authorization header in your request.