Obtain an authorization

Initial authorization request

You can obtain an authorization e.g. using

There are currently two ways available to retrieve an access token:

Auth with API Key

Auth with username & password (deprecated)

Authorization response

The body of the authorization response will look like this:

Now you can authorize all subsequent request to the givve API by adding your access_token in the HTTP header

e.g. by using

Refreshing your authorization

Your access_token will inevitably expire and your requests will just be answered with HTTP 401 Unauthorized errors. In this case, instead of reinitializing the authorization process, you can also use your refresh_token to obtain a new authorization:

Initial authorization request#

Authorization response#

Refreshing your authorization#

Initial authorization request

Authorization response

Refreshing your authorization