---
title: "Get Access Token"
slug: "distributor-get-access-token"
updated: 2024-10-27T00:57:05Z
published: 2024-10-27T00:57:05Z
canonical: "docs.cspcontrolcenter.com/distributor-get-access-token"
---

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# Get Access Token

The REST APIs in C3 are secured by OAuth2.0 based authentication against Azure Active Directory. The APIs expect a valid access token sent as “bearer” token in the request header for the key named **Authorization.**

Access token can be obtained non-interactively / silently (best suited for apps that run as background jobs or client applications that don’t require user intervention) by calling the Microsoft API with the below detail:

## URL

POST [https://login.microsoftonline.com/{{tenantID}}/oauth2/token](https://login.microsoftonline.com/%7b%7btenantID%7d%7d/oauth2/token)

{{tenantID}} should be replaced with **08e91d7e-4f3f-49a0-8973-8b2547341ec7**

## Request headers

| Key | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Content-Type | application/x-www-form-urlencoded |

## Request body

| **Key** | **Value** |
| --- | --- |
| **grant_type** | client_credentials |
| **client_id** | <to-be-provided-offline> |
| **client_secret** | <to-be-provided-offline> |
| **scope** | <to-be-provided-offline> |
| **resource** | <to-be-provided-offline> |

## Response body

The sample response for the request to the API to get access token looks like below:

```json
{

    "token_type": "Bearer",

    "expires_in": "3599",

    "ext_expires_in": "3599",

    "expires_on": "1587227232",

    "not_before": "1587223332",

    "resource": "001dfc3c-1cbf-406e-b592-de9f67f5ab62",

    "access_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6IllNRUxIVDBndmIwbXhvU0RvWWZvbWpxZmpZVSIsImtpZCI6IllNRUxIVDBndmIwbXhvU0RvWWZvbWpxZmpZVSJ9.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.OGpXRfV_9g9IBVDLYCpzDYVnKOexdPdB72yZE8gd30xwpjqjJjEa1r0SKAmbxX3xpWZ4RxZVYW2KvXne0iA_F3wK7KLfxuRmh3-YYk5bo_8FPbLWFxcPGwZt1vLib-0DWuyfUu_90IZ_fzlxSBuuh4B-U0hEzZ-m2vqKBtpeehLT2-_LjkEdraB9rsDJi2eQCF6EbasFpEgMqiq61ysT1hiE_E2Pq5WJqAEKkphHdOwdWZxyBeM6mc_JTpg7hEGiCtQ5W5KooWCjFiBwx2meUJBXxcfnP5JTIo10sTkiTmBmRGz9sKwUjJrf75REzBWUxPJGZQ8bSJNkpLRZzJ8Rdw"

}
```

The value for the property named **access_token** should be saved as it will be used in the requests to the C3 REST APIs.