Generate Access Token and Refresh Token
OAuth2.0 requests are usually authenticated with an access token, which is passed as a bearer token. To use this access token, you need to construct a normal HTTP request and include it in an Authorization header along with the value of Bearer.
Note
You must use your domain-specific Zoho Accounts URL to generate access and refresh tokens. The following are the various domains and their corresponding accounts URLs.
- For US: https://accounts.zoho.com
- For AU: https://accounts.zoho.com.au
- For EU: https://accounts.zoho.eu
- For IN: https://accounts.zoho.in
- For CA: https://accounts.zohocloud.ca
- For SA: https://accounts.zoho.sa
- For CN: https://accounts.zoho.com.cn
- For JP: https://accounts.zoho.jp
To generate access and refresh token:
Make a POST request with the following URL. Replace {Accounts_URL} with your domain-specific Zoho accounts URL when you make the request.
{Accounts_URL}/oauth/v2/token
Note: For security reasons, pass the below parameters in the body of your request as form-data.
Request Parameters
Parameter Description grant_type Enter the value as "authorization_code". client_id Specify client-id obtained from the connected app. client_secret Specify client-secret obtained from the connected app. redirect_uri Specify the Callback URL that you registered during the app registration. code Enter the grant token generated from the previous step. If the request is successful, you would receive the following:
{ "access_token": "{access_token}", "refresh_token": "{refresh_token}", "api_domain": "https://www.zohoapis.com", "token_type": "Bearer", "expires_in": 3600 }
Response Parameters
Parameter Description access_token Access token to access ZohoRecruit APIs refresh_token Refresh token to obtain new access tokens expires_in Time in seconds after which the access token expires api_domain Domain name of the API. Use this domain in your requests to make API calls to Zoho Recruit. token_type Type of token obtained. "Bearer" indicates this is an access token.
This completes the authentication. Once your app receives the access token, send the token in your HTTP authorization header to Zoho Recruit API with the value "Zoho-oauthtoken {access_token}" for each endpoint (for each request).
Note
- Each access token is valid for only an hour and used only for the operations defined in the scope.
- Refresh token does not expire. Use it to refresh access tokens when they expire.
- You can only generate a maximum of five refresh tokens in a minute.
Possible Errors
Error | Reason | Resolution |
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invalid_client |
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invalid_code |
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invalid_redirect_uri | The redirect URI in the request mismatches the one registered in the developer console. | Specify the correct redirect URI in the request. |