Authentication

Introduction

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 Campaign or Analytics API requests.

Multiple tokens may be generated, each valid for 15 minutes or 900 seconds.

Endpoint

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`client_id`	string	Set up your API credentials through our Partner Portal, learn more here
`client_secret`	string	Set up your API credentials through our Partner Portal, learn more here
`grant_type`	string	Must be `client_credentials`

Generate an Access Token

This endpoint generates a new access token using your API credentials

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

Sample Request

curl -X POST "https://api.criteo.com/oauth2/token" \
    -d 'client_id={client_id}' \
    -d 'client_secret={client_secret}' \
    -d 'grant_type=client_credentials'

Sample Response

{
    "access_token": "<TOKEN STRING>",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "expires_in": 900
}