To get started with our APIs, use the endpoint below to generate an Access Token with your API credentials
The Access Token is a Bearer token to be included in the Authorization Header of all API requests
Multiple tokens may be generated and each are valid for 15 minutes, or 900 seconds

Endpoint

POST https://api.criteo.com/oauth2/token Generate an Access Token

Generate another access token when it expires, signaled by a 401 Unauthorized HTTP status code

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`client_id` string	Please see below to see the instructions to get your credentials through Developer Dashboard
`client_secret` string	Please see below to see the instructions to get your credentials through Developer Dashboard
`grant_type` string	Must be `client_credentials`

Generate an Access Token

This endpoint generates a new access token using your API credentials
In order to comply with the OAuth2 standards of using client_credentials Criteo API authorization now supports Content-Type: ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ - please see example below.

POST https://api.criteo.com/oauth2/token

// Sample Request
  
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.criteo.com/oauth2/token'   --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'   --data-urlencode 'client_id=CLIENT_ID'   --data-urlencode 'client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET'   --data-urlencode 'grant_type=client_credentials'
 
// Sample Response
  
{
    "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkVuTTBCZkFELUFrNXZwOU9RMW1ZWXR6T2RaMUVad2RWaHY5T3Z2cVA3YVUiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJjdHg6dXNlcjpkaXNwbGF5TmFtZSI6IkJvYmJ5IFNpYW8gTGVpIEhhbiIsImN0eDp1c2VyOmVtYWlsIjoiYi5oYW5AY3JpdGVvLmNvbSIsImN0eDp1c2VyOnVpZCI6ImIuaGFuIiwiY3R4OnVzZXI6dW1zSWQiOiIzMjM4ODQiLCJzdWIiOiJ1Omk6Yi5oYW5AY3JpdGVvLmNvbSIsImlhdCI6MTYwMTQwNDM1NSwiZXhwIjoxNjAxNDA1MzE1LCJhZGQ6bWFwaTp1bmFtZSI6ImIuaGFuIiwic2NvcGUiOiJnYXRld2F5IiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiYi5oYW4iLCJuYmYiOjE2MDE0MDQ0MTUsImlzcyI6ImNyaXRlby1leGFtb2F1dGgifQ.OI1W8utCbR2a2VbkxOZZaP2JyQ4b8Kf9R2x_yGRp9jjqclvm8huC_iHb9AECLmYVMUYWojvmbIOk0j0BRfLf1xYoOAIvNbcWN-SsrkYOXVh9mYruwOfKJb0t6j8MW7u03PbfvSRtn_29ar3V-7rimDqdMR_iTVhTlBLI0W3jSOCjzKK9sbg0REwtneBu4V3dFLaLNIxXj5EtyaTpLB3v71smFljBHtUC1Go8wRUX2P_GZfWYJCZhatx0xsN46oS8aGQl3a6N4nh4cqdJNA83Y44LYEKpky0ZmBwC9D5j9rpC-BDkUaeWlgkVSicy6yWh-S06JC4e3pJwUHskUMvoiA",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "expires_in": 900
}

Mandatory Content-Type headerPlease ensure you include Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded header in your call to /oauth2/token endpoint.

Use an Access Token

Once you have obtained your access token, you can authenticate all subsequent requests by including an Authorization HTTP header, as in the example below:

GET
https://api.criteo.com/preview/advertisers/me

Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkVuTTBCZkFELUFrNXZwOU9RMW1ZWXR6T2RaMUVad2RWaHY5T3Z2cVA3YVUiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJjdHg6dXNlcjpkaXNwbGF5TmFtZSI6IkJvYmJ5IFNpYW8gTGVpIEhhbiIsImN0eDp1c2VyOmVtYWlsIjoiYi5oYW5AY3JpdGVvLmNvbSIsImN0eDp1c2VyOnVpZCI6ImIuaGFuIiwiY3R4OnVzZXI6dW1zSWQiOiIzMjM4ODQiLCJzdWIiOiJ1Omk6Yi5oYW5AY3JpdGVvLmNvbSIsImlhdCI6MTYwMTQwNDM1NSwiZXhwIjoxNjAxNDA1MzE1LCJhZGQ6bWFwaTp1bmFtZSI6ImIuaGFuIiwic2NvcGUiOiJnYXRld2F5IiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiYi5oYW4iLCJuYmYiOjE2MDE0MDQ0MTUsImlzcyI6ImNyaXRlby1leGFtb2F1dGgifQ.OI1W8utCbR2a2VbkxOZZaP2JyQ4b8Kf9R2x_yGRp9jjqclvm8huC_iHb9AECLmYVMUYWojvmbIOk0j0BRfLf1xYoOAIvNbcWN-SsrkYOXVh9mYruwOfKJb0t6j8MW7u03PbfvSRtn_29ar3V-7rimDqdMR_iTVhTlBLI0W3jSOCjzKK9sbg0REwtneBu4V3dFLaLNIxXj5EtyaTpLB3v71smFljBHtUC1Go8wRUX2P_GZfWYJCZhatx0xsN46oS8aGQl3a6N4nh4cqdJNA83Y44LYEKpky0ZmBwC9D5j9rpC-BDkUaeWlgkVSicy6yWh-S06JC4e3pJwUHskUMvoiA
Accept: text/plain
Content-Type: application/*+json

Get your credentials through the developer portal (self service)

To get your credentials on a self-service way, you will need to create a Criteo account and to create an Organization and an App within the Developer Dashboard.
To see how to create an Organization and an App please see the related articles Create your organization and Create your app
Once you have created an App you will be able to generate a set of Credentials through the following dashboard:

💡 When create a set of Credentials you will automatically download a file with your API Key and Secret like this

Please keep it preciously at this will be the only time we will share the API Secret with you!
You can use this dashboard to manage your API keys. You can also delete an API key from this dashboard. The key will stay valid for fifteen minutes before deactivating.
💡 You can change the name of your set of credentials by clicking directly on the credentials name on in the dashboard. For example: Troubleshooting Credentials, Production Credentials, etc.
💡 You will be limited to 5 API credentials at for an App (for ex. 1 for production, 1 for troubleshooting and 3 others for any other use case you can imagine)

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Endpoint

Parameters

Generate an Access Token

Use an Access Token

Get your credentials through the developer portal (self service)

​Endpoint

​Parameters

​Generate an Access Token

​Use an Access Token

​Get your credentials through the developer portal (self service)

Endpoint

Parameters

Generate an Access Token

Use an Access Token

Get your credentials through the developer portal (self service)