What is an OAuth Bearer Token?

The most common way of accessing OAuth 2.0 APIs is using a “Bearer Token”. This is a single string which acts as the authentication of the API request, sent in an HTTP “Authorization” header . The string is meaningless to clients using it, and may be of varying lengths.

In essence, a JSON Web Token (JWT) is a bearer token . It’s a particular implementation which has been specified and standardised. JWT in particular uses cryptography to encode a timestamp and some other parameters.

Create tokens Tokens can be generated in one of two ways: If Active Directory LDAP or a local administrator account is enabled, then send a ‘POST /login HTTP/1.1’ API request to retrieve the bearer token . If Azure Active Directory (AAD) is enabled, then the token comes from AAD.

Bearer tokens enable requests to authenticate using an access key, such as a JSON Web Token (JWT). The token is a text string, included in the request header. In the request Authorization tab, select Bearer Token from the Type dropdown list. In the Token field, enter your API key value .17 Şub 2022