Artsy Authentication API
The Authentication API from Artsy — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Artsy Public Authentication API
version: 2.0.0
description: The Artsy Public API (v2) is a HAL (Hypertext Application Language) hypermedia REST API that provides access to Artsy's database of artists, artworks, genes (Art Genome Project categories), shows, partners, fairs, and auction sales.
termsOfService: https://www.artsy.net/api-terms
contact:
name: Artsy Developers
url: https://developers.artsy.net/
x-apievangelist-note: Derived from live HAL discovery + docs; not published by Artsy as OpenAPI.
servers:
- url: https://api.artsy.net/api
description: Artsy Public API v2
security:
- XappToken: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
paths:
/tokens/xapp_token:
post:
operationId: createXappToken
summary: Create an XApp token
tags:
- Authentication
description: Exchange your application client_id and client_secret for a short-lived X-Xapp-Token used to authenticate anonymous (application-level) requests.
security: []
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
type: object
required:
- client_id
- client_secret
properties:
client_id:
type: string
description: Your application client ID.
client_secret:
type: string
description: Your application client secret.
responses:
'201':
description: Token issued
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
type:
type: string
example: xapp_token
token:
type: string
expires_at:
type: string
format: date-time
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
responses:
Error:
description: Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
schemas:
Error:
type: object
properties:
type:
type: string
description: Error category, e.g. auth_error, param_error, other_error.
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message.
detail:
type: object
description: Optional per-field validation detail.
securitySchemes:
XappToken:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-Xapp-Token
description: Application-level token obtained from POST /tokens/xapp_token by exchanging client_id and client_secret. Sent in the X-Xapp-Token request header.