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Authentication

Authenticate

To get started, submit your API key in the body of your request. api.video returns an access token that is valid for one hour (3600 seconds). A refresh token is also returned. View a tutorial on authentication. All tutorials using the authentication endpoint

post/auth/api-key

Request body

apiKeystring required

Your account API key. You can use your sandbox API key, or you can use your production API key.

Example request

{
  "apiKey": "9VxMaPgsaFg7EBqmuspSzF7"
}

Response

Success

access_tokenstring

The access token containing security credentials allowing you to acccess the API. The token lasts for one hour.

token_typestring

The type of token you have.

refresh_tokenstring

A token you can use to get the next access token when your current access token expires.

expires_ininteger

Lists the time in seconds when your access token expires. It lasts for one hour.

Example response

{
  "access_token": "est",
  "token_type": "qui nulla l",
  "refresh_token": "cillum",
  "expires_in": 3600
}

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