Client Credentials Flow [VF 20.2 IG]

Client Credentials flowis used for authenticating via the backend services. As such, no user interaction is required in order to perform operations via the Web API.

Obtaining token via Token Endpoint

Obtaining an access token is made possible by following the endpoint below when using the credentials flow:

Endpoint for Obtaining Access Token via Credentials Flow

http://host:19081/Authentication/Core/connect/token

The POST request must contain the following data:

POST Request

Headers: 
ContentType: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json
Body (x-www-form-urlencoded): 
	grant_type: client_credentials
	scope: api1
	client_id: {{client_id}}
	client_secret: {{client_secret}}

This returns the following access token (example).

EXAMPLE Returned Access Token

{
    "access_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6IjRhQUFtWVdVWFJHU2pIUWk5RzVLcHdoclU4TSIsImtpZCI6IjRhQUFtWVdVWFJHU2pIUWk5RzVLcHdoclU4TSJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwOi8vQVNZREVDR05OQjAwMTUyOjE5MDgxL0ludGVncmF0aW9ucy9BdXRoZW50aWNhdGlvbi9jb3JlIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cDovL0FTWURFQ0dOTkIwMDE1MjoxOTA4MS9JbnRlZ3JhdGlvbnMvQXV0aGVudGljYXRpb24vY29yZS9yZXNvdXJjZXMiLCJleHAiOjE1MjM0NTMxMTc-sIm5iZiI6MTUyMzQ0OTUxNywiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoibWV0YWRhdGFfYWdlbnQiLCJzY29wZSI6ImFwaTEifQ.AHDkPuOAmYqmcf45glQtdGW-Ygl_WJu8lUO4QyHHStMtkJwGXrqpAJiaA8sSndIvR7y7KGVGFUvwJaEETsV9E-hClPVn-Vh-CNZt4b7sEftwOenCdfGDKq4c0hF9eZqcHMecevJbnYcemT0QPTb0Q5cHz-c91ZHN3qIummdK3fcq6c2Brzzqw_kP3c7xbfd4oJo3klQyAIc89SnC4qjAgUXXPPEBRdaseH2kFGyCActpOd8CR7wmKQwHH6JEqNtD6MDKFbXAhP3Um8NrFnt2tbxp8_WcP1UhMqFAqjpXSdl3OActrM3tO_7UBdu4DFQigDUqEj-kCmNZRNxPLv6DmQ",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "Bearer"
}

Obtaining token via Libraries

There are a few available libraries that can be used to connect directly to VidiFlow Authentication Service to obtain the token. Examples are listed below:

Please refer to each libraries documentation on how to obtain the respective access token.