Generating an OAuth 2 token for Cliq
OAuth 2.0 protocol is a way to authorize and authenticate API requests. It allows third party application developers to let their users access and use the resources securely. This post will walk you through the steps involved in generating an OAuth 2 token for Cliq.
Follow the steps given below to know more on how to generate an OAuth 2 token for Cliq.
Step 1: Generate Client id and Client secret
You will need to register your client app before getting started. A registered client app will be assigned a Client ID and a Client Secret which will be used in the OAuth flow. The Client ID is a public identifier for applications. Although it is public, it is best that it is not guessable to prevent attacks on the arbitrary applications possibly. On the other hand, the Client Secret is a secret only known to the application and the authorization server.
- Visit the Cliq developer console and register your client application and include the following details
- Client Name : The name of the application that you want to register with. This name will be shown in the consent displayed to the user while granting access to the required scopes.
- Client Domain: A domain name to be used in the URL to identify your brand name uniquely.
- Authorized redirect URL's: Callback URL to which user's will be redirected upon successful authorization.
2. Click on the Create button.
Step 2: Authorization by generating a grant token
The second step is to redirect the user of the client application to an authorized endpoint (https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth). Cliq will ensure the consent for the permissions that your app requests. In this step, after the consent is obtained, Cliq will redirect to your app along with the code that can be used in generating an Access token.
Type in the URL along with the mandatory parameters given below.
https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth?scope={scope}&client_id={client_id}&state=5466400890088961855&response_type=code&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}&access_type=offline
Note:Mandatory parameters are indicated with a *.
Parameter | Description |
scope* | Scope helps you access application data. You can include multiple scopes by separating them with a comma. For example (ZohoCliq. Channels.READ,ZohoCliq.Channels.UPDATE). |
client_id* | The client-id obtained while registering your application. |
state | This parameter is used to maintain the state between the request and callback. |
response_type* | The value of the param response_type should always be code. |
redirect_uri* | It specifies the URL to which the page is redirected along with the code when the user grants an access. |
access-type | Enter the access type as online or offline. online- To generate only the Access token. offline- To generate both the Access and the Refresh Tokens. |
Step 3: Generating Access and Refresh tokens
The value of the code parameter obtained in the previous step will be used in generating the Access and the Refresh token.
Make a POST request to the following URL along with the parameters mentioned below.
https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token?code={code}&grant_type=authorization_code&scope={scope}&client_id={client_id}&client_secret={client_secret}&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}
Make a POST request to the following URL along with the parameters mentioned below.
https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token?code={code}&grant_type=authorization_code&scope={scope}&client_id={client_id}&client_secret={client_secret}&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}
| Parameter | Description |
code* | The authorization code obtained while generating the grant token. |
client_id* | The client-id obtained while registering the application. |
client_secret* | The client-secret obtained during the application registration. |
redirect_uri* | Include the redirect URI mentioned while registering your client application. |
grant_type* | authorization_code |
scope | Mention the scope for your extension. |
Note: The generated code is valid for only one minute.
On making a successful request, you will receive the following response
- {
- "access_token": "1000.365170ed0e63c47bf759439c1897fee0.7c3a098808532004faba21ff291ec296",
- "refresh_token": "1000.368e377f885b7e2ff696479625b3e150.6cad850717614193bddbf489b6a437d6",
- "api_domain": "https://www.zohoapis.com",
- "token_type": "Bearer",
- "expires_in": 3600
- }
- access_token - Access token to access Zoho Cliq APIs.
- refresh_token - Refresh tokens to generate new Access tokens.
- api_domain - Domain name of the API. Use this domain in your requests to make API calls to Zoho Cliq.
- token_type - Type of the token obtained. Bearer in this case.
- expires_in - Time in milliseconds after which the token expires.
Note: 1. Each access token is valid only for an hour
2. Refresh tokens do not expire and can be used any number of times to generate new access tokens.
Step 4: Generating the Access token from the Refresh token
Now to generate a new Access token, use the refresh token from the previous step.
Make a POST request to the given URL along with the parameters mentioned below.
https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token?refresh_token={refresh_token}&grant_type=refresh_token&scope={scope}&client_id={client_id}&client_secret={client_secret}&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}
Parameter | Description |
client_id* | The client_id obtained while registering your application. |
client_secret* | The client_secret obtained while registering your application. |
redirect_uri | The redirect uri mentioned during the client registration. |
grant_type* | refresh_token |
refresh_token* | The refresh token obtained in the previous step. |
scope* | The suitable scope for your extension. |
Note: A user in an organization can have a maximum of 20 refresh tokens and each refresh token can have a maximum of 30 active Access tokens.
So that was all about generating an OAuth 2 token for Cliq. In case of any queries please do comment below. We'd be happy to assist you.
Regards,
Divya P
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