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# Get Token

POST https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token
Content-Type: application/json

Hit the auth endpoint to get a bearer token

Reference: https://documentation.sayari.com/api/api-reference/auth/get-token

## Servers

- `https://api.sayari.com` (Production, default)
- `https://api.internal.sayari.com` (Dev)
- `https://api.uk.sayari.com` (Production_UK)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `client_id` (string, required)
- `client_secret` (string, required)
- `audience` ("sayari.com", required)
- `grant_type` ("client_credentials", required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `access_token` (string, required) — The bearer token you will pass in to subsequent API calls to authenticate.
- `expires_in` (integer, required) — Tells you how long (in seconds) until your bearer token expires.
- `token_type` (string, required) — Will always be "Bearer"

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request

- `any`

### 401 Unauthorized

- `any`

### 500 Internal Server Error

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "client_id": "your client_id here",
  "client_secret": "your client_secret here",
  "audience": "sayari.com",
  "grant_type": "client_credentials"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "access_token": "sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc",
  "expires_in": 86400,
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token"

payload = {
    "client_id": "your client_id here",
    "client_secret": "your client_secret here",
    "audience": "sayari.com",
    "grant_type": "client_credentials"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```typescript
import { SayariClient } from "sayari";

const sayari = new SayariClient({ clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", clientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" });
await sayari.auth.getToken({
    clientId: "your client_id here",
    clientSecret: "your client_secret here",
    audience: "sayari.com",
    grantType: "client_credentials"
});

```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"client_id\": \"your client_id here\",\n  \"client_secret\": \"your client_secret here\",\n  \"audience\": \"sayari.com\",\n  \"grant_type\": \"client_credentials\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"client_id\": \"your client_id here\",\n  \"client_secret\": \"your client_secret here\",\n  \"audience\": \"sayari.com\",\n  \"grant_type\": \"client_credentials\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"client_id\": \"your client_id here\",\n  \"client_secret\": \"your client_secret here\",\n  \"audience\": \"sayari.com\",\n  \"grant_type\": \"client_credentials\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token', [
  'body' => '{
  "client_id": "your client_id here",
  "client_secret": "your client_secret here",
  "audience": "sayari.com",
  "grant_type": "client_credentials"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"client_id\": \"your client_id here\",\n  \"client_secret\": \"your client_secret here\",\n  \"audience\": \"sayari.com\",\n  \"grant_type\": \"client_credentials\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "client_id": "your client_id here",
  "client_secret": "your client_secret here",
  "audience": "sayari.com",
  "grant_type": "client_credentials"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sayari.com/oauth/token")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```