OAuth2 Token

It is accessible through one HTTP interface demonstrated by the example request and example response below. Note that OAuth is only available for the xAPI interface.

EXAMPLE REQUEST

POST http://www.example.org/api/oauth2/token
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

client_id=DEMO_CLIENT_ID&client_secret=DEMO_CLIENT_SECRET&grant_type=client_credentials&scope=xapi:write

EXAMPLE RESPONSE

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "access_token": "DEMO_ACCESS_TOKEN",
  "token_type": "bearer",
  "expires_in": 3600
}

REQUEST FORM SCHEMA

Name	Description

Name	Description
grant_type	Only allows “client_credentials”
client_id	The Key from your client on the Settings > Clients page
client_secret	The Secret from your client on the Settings > Clients page
scope	Only allows “xapi:write”

RESPONSE JSON SCHEMA

Name	Description

Name	Description
access_token	The token you can use in xAPI requests in the `Authorization` header. The token must be prefixed by “Bearer: “ in the header.
token_type	Only “bearer”
expires_in	Number of seconds until the access token expires