Grant Authentication Token

Get an access token from this endpoint so you can authenticate to our other endpoints.

Retrieves a JWT-compliant access token for use with all other endpoints.

Here's an example of using the returned token in an API call:

curl \
  --url "https://api.ocrolus.com/v1/books" \
  --oauth2-bearer "eyJhbGciOiJ...2hUye_4CpIvQ"

See here for more details.

This endpoint is OAuth 2.0-compliant. A successful response from this endpoint adheres to the structure given in RFC 6749, section 5.1, while a failed response adheres to the structure given in section 5.2. As a consequence, you can use this endpoint in OAuth 2.0 clients and libraries without needing to explicitly call it in your own code.

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