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8x8 Authentication API

Creates access tokens for endpoint access.

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POST /oauth/v2/token Creates a new access token that can be used for API access. #

POST /v1/oauth/token Authentication #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: 8x8 Authentication API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Authentication across 3 of this provider''s published API definitions: 8x8-actions-events-8x8-contact-center-chat-api-v2.json, 8x8-analytics-work-analytics-historical.json, 8x8-contactcenter-8x8-contact-center-chat-api.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.8x8.com
- url: https://api.8x8.com/analytics/work/
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Creates access tokens for endpoint access.
paths:
  /oauth/v2/token:
    servers:
    - url: https://api.8x8.com
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Creates a new access token that can be used for API access.
      description: Creates a new access token that can be used for API access.
      operationId: createaccesstoken
      security:
      - 8x8APIBasic:
        - basic
      requestBody:
        description: Defines the create transaction request payload.
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                grant_type:
                  enum:
                  - client_credentials
                  default: client_credentials
              required:
              - grant_type
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RequestOAuthProblem'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RequestOAuthProblem'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerErrorResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RequestOAuthProblem'
  /v1/oauth/token:
    servers:
    - url: https://api.8x8.com/analytics/work/
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Authentication
      description: Generate Bearer token for use with subsequent requests
      operationId: authentication-1
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - username
              - password
              properties:
                username:
                  type: string
                password:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n    \"access_token\": \"eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiI2NG95RVViX1NrNmJ4VkI5UDV5ZTV3IiwiY3N0IjoiYWRtaW4iLCJsaWQiOiJTdXBlclRlbmFudENTTS5PR2x5bm4ueDhBZ2VudDEiLCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL3BsYXRmb3JtLjh4OC5jb20iLCJ0eXAiOiJhY2Nlc3MiLCJhdWQiOiJkYXNoYm9hcmQiLCJzY2QiOiJjdXN0b21lciIsImV4cCI6MTY2MTU0MTQwMSwiaWF0IjoxNjYxNTM5NjAxLCJicm8iOmZhbHNlLCJqdGkiOiJmYzBjODMzOS03NTY5LTQ5NDUtOWY0YS1iN2NlMGI4ZDZjYmEiLCJjaWQiOiIwMDEySjAwMDAyS1RRSllRQTUiLCJwZnQiOiJTTVAifQ.SL4ZbraCO1DMBUgoN7fRCm7MtWbIL-gyptl8YLwOsivvmTQ1VW2PQ5uOqhZstVHxBt-9721BM76_YqQ_YSecpUm0T8dvX3fNxqQN0NproYts1WnnJ96TJ5c_SsF_Whg7Jy2Hz4ceXZzw9e43b-dzTu4KIT0ayEmIew8FcmgMFhbyHOikLViMHEBdt_HJJDlS6WDV3PEwKIZM9vtbhRljKHkvI0aCFDP-q6-96FOBrL9ytNFGbMeMd0Hi-17MdEdJV6QfcG8VsW27_MYL7xXrj1zCyMamBCJiHnNg0wOP9ka7KG398WQG2jwHWww_5z91JKVOo2MFpjbH8P3kdopC8w\",\n    \"token_type\": \"bearer\",\n    \"expires_in\": 1800\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  access_token:
                    type: string
                    example: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiI2NG95RVViX1NrNmJ4VkI5UDV5ZTV3IiwiY3N0IjoiYWRtaW4iLCJsaWQiOiJTdXBlclRlbmFudENTTS5PR2x5bm4ueDhBZ2VudDEiLCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL3BsYXRmb3JtLjh4OC5jb20iLCJ0eXAiOiJhY2Nlc3MiLCJhdWQiOiJkYXNoYm9hcmQiLCJzY2QiOiJjdXN0b21lciIsImV4cCI6MTY2MTU0MTQwMSwiaWF0IjoxNjYxNTM5NjAxLCJicm8iOmZhbHNlLCJqdGkiOiJmYzBjODMzOS03NTY5LTQ5NDUtOWY0YS1iN2NlMGI4ZDZjYmEiLCJjaWQiOiIwMDEySjAwMDAyS1RRSllRQTUiLCJwZnQiOiJTTVAifQ.SL4ZbraCO1DMBUgoN7fRCm7MtWbIL-gyptl8YLwOsivvmTQ1VW2PQ5uOqhZstVHxBt-9721BM76_YqQ_YSecpUm0T8dvX3fNxqQN0NproYts1WnnJ96TJ5c_SsF_Whg7Jy2Hz4ceXZzw9e43b-dzTu4KIT0ayEmIew8FcmgMFhbyHOikLViMHEBdt_HJJDlS6WDV3PEwKIZM9vtbhRljKHkvI0aCFDP-q6-96FOBrL9ytNFGbMeMd0Hi-17MdEdJV6QfcG8VsW27_MYL7xXrj1zCyMamBCJiHnNg0wOP9ka7KG398WQG2jwHWww_5z91JKVOo2MFpjbH8P3kdopC8w
                  token_type:
                    type: string
                    example: bearer
                  expires_in:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1800
                    default: 0
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Invalid API Key:
                  value: "{\n    \"status\": 400,\n    \"message\": \"Invalid 8x8-apikey\",\n    \"code\": \"SHA001\",\n    \"details\": [\n        {\n            \"type\": \"invalidValue\",\n            \"location\": \"header\",\n            \"path\": [\n                \"8x8-apikey\"\n            ],\n            \"hint\": \"Please provide valid apikey. If you don't have one, please sign up and create a developer account\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
                Authentication Error:
                  value: "{\n    \"error_description\": \"USER_NOTFOUND_ERROR\",\n    \"error\": \"invalid_grant\"\n}"
              schema:
                oneOf:
                - title: Invalid API Key
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    status:
                      type: integer
                      example: 400
                      default: 0
                    message:
                      type: string
                      example: Invalid 8x8-apikey
                    code:
                      type: string
                      example: SHA001
                    details:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          type:
                            type: string
                            example: invalidValue
                          location:
                            type: string
                            example: header
                          path:
                            type: array
                            items:
                              type: string
                              example: 8x8-apikey
                          hint:
                            type: string
                            example: Please provide valid apikey. If you don't have one, please sign up and create a developer account
                - title: Authentication Error
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    error_description:
                      type: string
                      example: USER_NOTFOUND_ERROR
                    error:
                      type: string
                      example: invalid_grant
      deprecated: false
      security:
      - 8x8-apikey: []
components:
  schemas:
    OAuthConstraintViolationProblem:
      type: object
      properties:
        ErrorCode:
          type: string
          description: OAuth error code.
          example: invalid_request
        Error:
          type: string
          description: OAuth error message.
          example: 'Unsupported grant type : something'
    InternalServerProblem:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: 'Error message.

            '
          example: Could not process this request due to ...
        errors:
          type: array
          description: List of errors that caused the request to fail.
          items:
            type: string
        referenceId:
          type: string
          description: A referenceId that can be used by 8x8 engineers to track a failed request.
    AuthResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        refresh_token_expires_in:
          type: string
          format: string
          description: Expirtion time for refresh token if present
          example: '0'
        api_product_list:
          type: array
          description: API product list for wich you can use the token.
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - vcc
        organization_name:
          type: string
          example: 8x8gateway
        token_type:
          type: string
          example: BearerToken
        issued_at:
          type: string
          example: '1632731766687'
        client_id:
          type: string
          example: 123aaa
        access_token:
          type: string
          description: Access token you will have to use for accesing the resta of the endpoints.
          example: 123aaa
        application_name:
          type: string
          description: ID of [API key](/contactcenter/v2.0/docs/api-key) pair generated in Admin Console
          example: 5b2a755b-0507-4646-a055-6ff30063c42e
        scope:
          type: string
          example: ''
        expires_in:
          type: string
          description: Expirtion time of access token
          example: '3600'
        refresh_count:
          type: string
          description: Refresh count
          example: '0'
        status:
          type: string
          description: Status of the application (API key pair with ID of application_name)
          example: approved
  responses:
    RequestOAuthProblem:
      description: Contains a descriptive response for a bad request that is due to data validation.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthConstraintViolationProblem'
    InternalServerErrorResponse:
      description: Contains a description of the error.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerProblem'
  securitySchemes:
    8x8APIBearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer Token obtained from https://api.8x8.com
    8x8APIBasic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Bearer Token obtained from https://api.8x8.com
    8x8-apikey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: 8x8-apikey
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-refined-from:
- 8x8-actions-events-8x8-contact-center-chat-api-v2.json
- 8x8-analytics-work-analytics-historical.json
- 8x8-contactcenter-8x8-contact-center-chat-api.json
x-readme:
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: false
  samples-enabled: true