Obtain Access Token

The SP web application needs to obtain the access token from the available “code” which is received from UAE PASS in previous step (Obtain Authorization Code).

Token API request should be a back channel request

Access Token API

POST https://stg-id.uaepass.ae/idshub/token

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	multipart/form-data
Authorization	Basic {credentials}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
grant_type	string	authorization_code
redirect_uri	string	Redirect URI to the application.
code	string	Authorization code received from previous step. (Obtain Authorization Code step).

Response

In response, UAE PASS issues a bearer-type OAuth 2.0 access token and returns it in a JSON structure. JSON object contains the access token and associated information.

200

{
    "access_token": "856b9b82-2b52-3e20-8aab-36a5d9a97025",
    "scope": "string",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "expires_in": expiry time
} 

400

{
  "error": "Invalid request"
}

Response parameters

Name	Description
access_token	Access token generated by UAE PASS Server
token_type	Type of access token. Always has the “Bearer” value.
expires_in	Lifetime (in seconds) of the access token.
scope	Scopes granted to those to which the access token is associated, separated by spaces.