Information about a Toast platform API session, including an
authentication token string that your Toast API client software can
present when using other Toast platform APIs.
Type: objectProperties: 6
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AuthenticationToken is a JSON Structure definition published by Toast, describing 6 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/toast/refs/heads/main/json-structure/authentication-authentication-token-structure.json",
"name": "AuthenticationToken",
"description": "Information about a Toast platform API session, including an\nauthentication token string that your Toast API client software can\npresent when using other Toast platform APIs.\n",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tokenType": {
"description": "The OAuth 2 authentication scheme used for the authentication token.\nToast API authentication uses the bearer authentication scheme.\n",
"type": "string",
"example": "Bearer"
},
"scope": {
"description": "The scope value in the authentication token request response is\n`null`. The `accessToken` JSON Web Token (JWT) contains the list of\n[scopes for your Toast API\nclient](https://dev.toasttab.com/doc/devguide/apiScopes.html).\n",
"type": "string"
},
"expiresIn": {
"description": "The number of seconds that the authentication token is valid. \n",
"type": "int32",
"example": 86400
},
"accessToken": {
"description": "A JSON Web Token (JWT) string that contains an authentication token.\nYou [present this string when you make\nrequests](https://dev.toasttab.com/doc/devguide/authentication.html#using-authentication-token)\nto other Toast API resources. The JWT includes information about your\nToast API client.\n",
"type": "string"
},
"idToken": {
"description": "For internal use only.\n",
"type": "string"
},
"refreshToken": {
"description": "For internal use only.\n",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
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