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Exchange an authorized request token for an access token

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/auth/oauth1/access_tokenSign in to see this endpoint's URL

Exchange an authorized request token for an access token (step 3 of the three-legged flow).

Sign with apibee-consumer-key / apibee-consumer-secret plus the request token from POST /api/auth/oauth1/request_token and its secret, and include oauth_verifier from GET /api/auth/oauth1/authorize. In Postman, put the request token and secret in Access Token and Token Secret, and the verifier in Verifier.Sign with apibee-consumer-key / apibee-consumer-secret plus the request token from POST … and its secret, and include oauth_verifier from GET …. In Postman, put the request token and secret in Access Token and Token Secret, and the verifier in Verifier.

Response: application/x-www-form-urlencoded by default, or JSON when the request sends Accept: application/json. The access token works on /api/auth/oauth1 for 1 hour. Each request token can be exchanged only once.Response: application/x-www-form-urlencoded by default, or JSON when the request sends Accept: application/json. The access token works on … for 1 hour. Each request token can be exchanged only once.

OAuth 1.0a signature with the consumer credentials plus the request token and its secret

Parameters 9

NameTypeDescription
oauth_consumer_keyrequiredheader · stringapibee-consumer-key. In the Authorization: OAuth header, the query string or a form body (one place only).
oauth_tokenrequiredheader · stringThe request token from POST /api/auth/oauth1/request_token.The request token from POST ….
oauth_verifierrequiredheader · stringThe verifier from GET /api/auth/oauth1/authorize.The verifier from GET ….
oauth_signature_methodrequiredheader · stringHMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA256, HMAC-SHA512 or PLAINTEXT.
oauth_signaturerequiredheader · stringSigned with the request token's secret: the signing key is consumer_secret&request_token_secret. For PLAINTEXT, send that key percent-encoded (& becomes %26).
oauth_timestampheader · stringUnix time in seconds, within 5 minutes of server time. Required for the HMAC methods; may be left out for PLAINTEXT.
oauth_nonceheader · stringA random string; each one works once. Required for the HMAC methods; may be left out for PLAINTEXT.
oauth_versionheader · stringOptional. If sent, it must be 1.0.
Acceptheader · stringapplication/json for a JSON response. Without it the response is application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Responses

200
oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, username and oauth_expires_in (3600).
400
parameter_absent: oauth_token or oauth_verifier is missing. Or another protocol parameter problem.
401
permission_unknown (not authorized yet), parameter_rejected (wrong verifier), token_used, token_expired, token_rejected, or a signature problem.

Example

Request
curl -X POST "https://api.testingapis.com/api/auth/oauth1/access_token" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H 'Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="apibee-consumer-key", oauth_token="{{oauth1RequestToken}}", oauth_verifier="{{oauth1Verifier}}", oauth_signature_method="PLAINTEXT", oauth_signature="apibee-consumer-secret%26{{oauth1RequestSecret}}"' \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Response200 OK
{
  "oauth_token": "o1at_beca6b87b958050a30c6e3a3964c430afaaa2c32",
  "oauth_token_secret": "o1as_4323dfe2ab31282bd2b69f07bee972b14a71ffd8",
  "username": "apibee",
  "oauth_expires_in": "3600"
}

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