UKG Ready Authentication API

Access token issuance

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Operations 1

POST /authentication/access_token Request an OAuth 2.0 access token #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: UKG Ready Authentication API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: REST API for the UKG Ready HCM platform.
  description: 'UKG Ready is UKG''s unified Human Capital Management suite for small and

    midmarket organizations. The REST API is tenant-hosted: each customer

    has a unique hostname (https://{hostname}/api). Authentication uses

    OAuth 2.0; clients exchange credentials at the access_token endpoint

    and present the resulting bearer token on subsequent calls.


    This specification documents the public endpoints surfaced in the UKG

    Ready quick-start documentation. Full tenant-specific schemas require

    access to the UKG developer portal.

    '
  contact:
    name: UKG Developer Portal
    url: https://developer.ukg.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.ukg.com/legal
servers:
- url: https://{hostname}/api
  description: Tenant-specific UKG Ready API host
  variables:
    hostname:
      default: secure.saashr.com
      description: Customer-specific UKG Ready hostname assigned at provisioning
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Access token issuance
paths:
  /authentication/access_token:
    post:
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Request an OAuth 2.0 access token
      description: 'Exchange credentials (username, password, client_id, client_secret)

        for an OAuth 2.0 bearer access token used by all other endpoints.

        '
      operationId: requestAccessToken
      security: []
      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:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    TokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
        token_type:
          type: string
          default: Bearer
        expires_in:
          type: integer
        refresh_token:
          type: string
    TokenRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - username
      - password
      - client_id
      - client_secret
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
        password:
          type: string
          format: password
        client_id:
          type: string
        client_secret:
          type: string
          format: password
        grant_type:
          type: string
          default: password
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid bearer token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer access token issued via /authentication/access_token.