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Generate OAuth apps Access Token

Access Tokens can be generated by calling the Token API endpoint and passing Client ID and Client Secret of an OAuth app.

OAuth Token API

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POST https://oauth.twilio.com/v2/token

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Request body parameters

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ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
client_idstringyesThe unique identifier of an OAuth app
client_secretstringyesThe confidential secret associated with the client ID
grant_typestringyesMust be set to client_credentials

cURL Request

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curl --location 'https://oauth.twilio.com/v2/token' \

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--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \

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--data-urlencode 'client_id={ClientID}' \

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--data-urlencode 'client_secret={ClientSecret}' \

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--data-urlencode 'grant_type=client_credentials'

Sucess response

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Status: 200 OK

Body(JSON):

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{

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    "access_token": "{AccessToken}",

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    "id_token": null,

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    "token_type": "Bearer",

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    "expires_in": 3600,

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    "refresh_token": null

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}

Response Fields

ParameterTypeDescription
access_tokenstringThe Access Token issued by the authorization server
token_typestringThe type of token (typically Bearer)
expires_inintegerThe token lifetime in seconds

Examples for API resouce calls

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Use the access_token generated as response from Token API endpoint as bearer token in the Authorization header for Twilio API requests.

cURL example to GET list of Messages of an account

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curl --location 'https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/<AccountSID>/Messages.json' \

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--header 'Authorization: Bearer {AccessToken}'

Server-side SDK support

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OAuth support for Twilio APIs is available in all server-side SDKs. Here are details of the versions and examples: