API to generate an access token to authorize Voice Wholesale SIP API calls.

API details

Status

LIVE

Version

v1

Maturity status

Production

Endpoint (Production)

https://apis.colt.net/authentication/v1/oauth/token

Endpoint (Sandbox)

https://sandbox.apis.colt.net/authentication/v1/oauth/token

 

Errors returned by Auth API

Http response

code

reason

message

details (for reference only)

400

Bad request

001

Validation not met

The request is missing authorization parameter.

The request is missing authorization parameter

002

Validation not met

The request is missing grant_type.

The request is missing grant_type

003

Validation not met

The request is missing content_type header

The request is missing content_type header

004

Validation not met

The request is missing x-tracking-id.

The request is missing x-tracking-id

005

Validation not met

Invalid input parameter

The request contains

  1. unsupported parameters
  2. Multiple credentials
  3. More than one mechanism for authenticating

006

Validation not met

The authorization grant type is not supported by authorization server

The authorization grant type is not supported by authorization server

401

Unauthorized

001

Authentication error

The authorization parameter is missing.

Client authentication failed due to no client authentication included in the request.

002

Authentication error

The authorization parameter is not valid.

Client authentication failed due to unsupported authentication method other than Basic.

415

Unsupported Media Type

001

Validation not met

The format of the posted body is not supported by the endpoint.

The format of the posted body is not supported by the endpoint.

500

Internal server error

001

Internal error

An unknown internal error occurred

Generic failure message used if no more precise code can be provided.

002

internal error

O Auth server failed.

The server failed to generate access token

503

Service unavailable

 

001

service unavailable

The service is temporarily unavailable

Backend unavailable.

OAuth 2.0 is the industry-standard protocol for authorization.  This API returns an JSON web token (JWT) which is required to authorize API calls for a given app.

You can request up to 5 CLIENT_ID + CLIENT_Secret per company account.

API features

  • access tokens generated by this API are valid for a limited period (30 mins) which is returned in the API response.
  • If the token expires, this API will need to be called again.