Pinch Payments

Pinch Payments Connect API

The Connect API from Pinch Payments — 1 operation(s) for connect.

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Operations 1

POST /connect/token Authentication #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: authentication-api Connect API
  version: '2020.1'
servers:
- url: https://auth.getpinch.com.au
security:
- sec0: []
tags:
- name: Connect
paths:
  /connect/token:
    post:
      summary: Authentication
      description: ''
      operationId: tokens
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - grant_type
              - scope
              properties:
                grant_type:
                  type: string
                  description: The grant type being requested. In this case we're using our client_credentials to identify ourselves. **Must be set to "client_credentials"**
                  default: client_credentials
                scope:
                  type: string
                  description: Specifically requesting access to the api. This will probably change in future. **Must be set to "api1"**
                  default: api1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n    \"access_token\": \"eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkRCNzgxNjc5NjYxOTE0Qjc1MzlCRTAyMEVFOUM0RjY4ODA1NzlGODYiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJ4NXQiOiIyM2dXZVdZWkZMZFRtLUFnN3B4UGFJQlhuNFkifQ.eyJuYmYiOjE0NjkxMDgxMjEsImV4cCI6MTQ2OTExMTcyMSwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9waW5jaC1hdXRoNC5henVyZXdlYnNpdGVzLm5ldCIsImF1ZCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcGluY2gtYXV0aDQuYXp1cmV3ZWJzaXRlcy5uZXQvcmVzb3VyY2VzIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoibWNoXzFRMkZka0FFdjNHcW53IiwidGVzdF9zdWJtZXJjaGFudF9pZCI6IjEiLCJsaXZlX3N1Ym1lcmNoYW50X2lkIjoiMiIsInNjb3BlIjoiYXBpMSJ9.iArv1xKDbN-ZiDMWbH4_rUqF7KdF0PYDWm7y_aNhNDzJelHKVfF62N-OuGog6yAo0XTv2FrwABkzZG0kCuzyR_FTbxCsQz4mUO7d8AXNYNVPv4CHeGlnwIpJJwDGRrD-ufdapDsD07kXFpI11s-SX4xrqlBjjyMYI-9ghMipDZgD7CA2jX00wJSgofOKGRRiBm1-lmYo3X8sGEHP-dF7CRM1s_shrX33rMB0FHHvKooEFAbA6tA2SOEHOLVlh1C6q6zX8lGsy1AqyS0dI3avflk-A1Ez047tA472I4F73yxhPjna8ihVFNpRWasBYRBkud4jDWyPrLIsW2QTUwBIhw\",\n    \"expires_in\": 3600,\n    \"token_type\": \"Bearer\"\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  access_token:
                    type: string
                    example: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkRCNzgxNjc5NjYxOTE0Qjc1MzlCRTAyMEVFOUM0RjY4ODA1NzlGODYiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJ4NXQiOiIyM2dXZVdZWkZMZFRtLUFnN3B4UGFJQlhuNFkifQ.eyJuYmYiOjE0NjkxMDgxMjEsImV4cCI6MTQ2OTExMTcyMSwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9waW5jaC1hdXRoNC5henVyZXdlYnNpdGVzLm5ldCIsImF1ZCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcGluY2gtYXV0aDQuYXp1cmV3ZWJzaXRlcy5uZXQvcmVzb3VyY2VzIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoibWNoXzFRMkZka0FFdjNHcW53IiwidGVzdF9zdWJtZXJjaGFudF9pZCI6IjEiLCJsaXZlX3N1Ym1lcmNoYW50X2lkIjoiMiIsInNjb3BlIjoiYXBpMSJ9.iArv1xKDbN-ZiDMWbH4_rUqF7KdF0PYDWm7y_aNhNDzJelHKVfF62N-OuGog6yAo0XTv2FrwABkzZG0kCuzyR_FTbxCsQz4mUO7d8AXNYNVPv4CHeGlnwIpJJwDGRrD-ufdapDsD07kXFpI11s-SX4xrqlBjjyMYI-9ghMipDZgD7CA2jX00wJSgofOKGRRiBm1-lmYo3X8sGEHP-dF7CRM1s_shrX33rMB0FHHvKooEFAbA6tA2SOEHOLVlh1C6q6zX8lGsy1AqyS0dI3avflk-A1Ez047tA472I4F73yxhPjna8ihVFNpRWasBYRBkud4jDWyPrLIsW2QTUwBIhw
                  expires_in:
                    type: integer
                    example: 3600
                    default: 0
                  token_type:
                    type: string
                    example: Bearer
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n    \"error\": \"invalid_...\"\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: invalid_...
      deprecated: false
      x-readme:
        code-samples:
        - language: csharp
          code: var api = new PinchApi("[Test Merchant ID]", "[Test Secret Key]");
        - language: curl
          code: "curl https://auth.getpinch.com.au/connect/token \\\n -u mch_1Q2FdkAEv3Gqnw:sk_3fR400N3DF6AlHESSff668j5bANVhGa9 \\\n -d grant_type=client_credentials \\\n -d scope=api1"
        samples-languages:
        - csharp
        - curl
      tags:
      - Connect
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sec0:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
x-readme:
  headers: []
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true