Poynt Authentication

generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.poynt.com/app-integration/
docs: https://docs.poynt.com/api-reference/index.html
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - jwt-bearer
  api_key_in: []
schemes:
- name: OAuth2 self-signed JWT bearer
  type: oauth2
  scheme: bearer
  description: 'Apps authenticate with a self-signed JWT (signed with the application''s
    RSA private key registered with Poynt) which is POSTed to the token endpoint and
    exchanged for a short-lived OAuth 2.0 access token. The access token is then sent
    as an Authorization: Bearer <access-token> header on every API request, alongside
    an Api-Version header.'
  token_url: https://services.poynt.net/token
  grant_type: urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer
  request_headers:
  - 'Authorization: Bearer <access-token>'
  - 'Api-Version: 1.2'
  - 'Content-Type: application/json'
  sources:
  - docs.poynt.com/api-reference
notes: 'Poynt uses application-level authorization (an app is granted access to a
  merchant business at onboarding) rather than fine-grained OAuth scopes, so there
  is no published OAuth scope reference.'