Dun & Bradstreet Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 token issuance for Direct+.

Operations 1

POST /v3/token Generate Direct+ Access Token #

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OpenAPI Specification

dun-and-bradstreet-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: D&B Direct+ Authentication API
  description: D&B Direct+ is Dun & Bradstreet's RESTful API platform that exposes the D&B Data Cloud — more than 500 million companies worldwide — for identity resolution, search, enrichment, multi-process (match plus enrich), batch processing, change monitoring, and historical research.
  version: '3.0'
  contact:
    name: D&B Direct+ Support
    url: https://service.dnb.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.dnb.com/utility-pages/terms-of-use.html
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.dnb.com/utility-pages/terms-of-use.html
servers:
- url: https://plus.dnb.com
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: OAuth 2.0 token issuance for Direct+.
paths:
  /v3/token:
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Generate Direct+ Access Token
      description: Exchange Direct+ API credentials for an OAuth 2.0 bearer access token using the client-credentials grant. The returned token is included as a Bearer authorization header on all subsequent Direct+ calls.
      operationId: generateAccessToken
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Access token issued.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        transactionDetail:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransactionDetail'
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            errorMessage:
              type: string
            errorCode:
              type: string
            errorDetails:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
    TokenRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - grant_type
      properties:
        grant_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - client_credentials
    TransactionDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        transactionID:
          type: string
        transactionTimestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        inLanguage:
          type: string
        serviceVersion:
          type: string
    TokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
        token_type:
          type: string
          example: Bearer
        expirationDateTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic