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How to authenticate with REST API

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Apr 29, 2020 at 6:13pm • 2 replies • 0 likes

ahmer a

I went through all the auth mechanisms and selected password authentication for my basic usage. But it can't seem to work although i have tried my best.

on this page, https://developers.ringcentral.com/guide/authentication/password-flow, it is noted:

Accept: application/json 
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded 
Authorization: Basic cmVsLWFsbC1wZXJtaXNzaWXFjMmpRZmlQcnlkSUkweE92QQ==
grant_type=password&username=18559100010&extension=101&password=121212

Can anyone explain are these request headers or request parameters? I'm myself confused and documentation pages seem to be scattered? Is the value in Authorization key is base64 encoded clientid and client secret or the username password combination? Any help would be appreciated.

2 Answers

Anirban answered on May 9, 2020 at 4:10am

"Can anyone explain are these request headers or request parameters? I'm myself confused and documentation pages seem to be scattered? Is the value in Authorization key is base64 encoded clientid and client secret or the username password combination? "

Header:

Authorization header is Base64 format of clientId and client secret separated with ' : ' as follow:

Authorization Basic <clientId:clientSecret in Base64>

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

url: https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/oauth/token

Body parameter :

username=<user name>&password=<password>&extension=<extension>&grant_type=password

Phong Vu answered on Apr 29, 2020 at 7:18pm

See these tutorials. Choose a language you are familiar with

https://developers.ringcentral.com/tutorials.html

Choose the Password Flow topic and select one of the tutorial from the "Access RingCentral platform services using native APIs" group.

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