API Authentication

Every call to Flanks APIs must be authenticated.

Authenticate Requests

You will need an access_token to call the Flanks API. To get a new access_token, you will need to call the Token Endpoint.

https://api.flanks.io/v0/token

Generate a new access_token to use in your API calls.

Headers

Header	Value
Content-Type	`application/json`

Body (JSON encoded)

Parameter	Type	Value
`client_id` *	String	`CLIENT_ID` of your Application
`client_secret` *	String	`CLIENT_SECRET` of your Application
`grant_type` *	String	Must be `client_credentials`

(*) Mandatory Parameters

Responses

200 OK

{
    "access_token": "<ACCESS TOKEN>",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "scope": "<LIST OF SCOPES>",
}

403 Access Denied

{
    "error": "access_denied"
}

Either the CLIENT_ID, the CLIENT_SECRET or the grant_type are invalid.

500 Internal Error

{
    "error": "Internal Error"
}

The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.