Fetch Auth Token API
Merchant backend should call this API to get an auth token, which will be used to authorize the subsequent API calls between the Merchant & PhonePe backend.
- The generated token can be used to make multiple API calls until it expires.
- Merchant can save the token and rely on the “expires_at” field for the expiry of the token, within which the token should be refreshed by using the same API.
Host Details
Environment | Value |
---|---|
UAT | https://api-preprod.phonepe.com/apis/pg-sandbox |
PROD | https://api.phonepe.com/apis/identity-manager |
Endpoint
/v1/oauth/token – Endpoint is common for UAT and Production.
Complete Host Details
Environment | Http Method | Value |
---|---|---|
UAT | POST | https://api-preprod.phonepe.com/apis/pg-sandbox/v1/oauth/token |
PROD | POST | https://api.phonepe.com/apis/identity-manager/v1/oauth/token |
Request Details
Request Headers
Header Name | Header Value |
---|---|
Content-Type | application/x-www-form-urlencoded |
Request Parameters
Parameter Name | Description |
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client_id | Client ID shared by PhonePe |
client_version | In case of UAT, client_version value should be 1. In case of PROD, use the value as received in credentials email. |
client_secret | Client secret shared by PhonePe |
grant_type | Value will be “client_credentials” |
Send the above Headers and Payload to the below API using HTTP POST method .
POST – https://api-preprod.phonepe.com/apis/pg-sandbox/v1/oauth/token
Request Body
{
"client_id": "<your_client_id>",
"client_version": 1,
"client_secret": "<your_client_secret>",
"grant_type": "client_credentials"
}
NOTE : Above CURL has only the dummy data, please refer to the request headers and parameters table above to generate the payload and headers.
Response Body
{
"access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHBpcmVzT24iOjE3MjA2MzUzMjE5OTYsIm1lcmNoYW50SWQiOiJWUlVBVCJ9.4YjYHI6Gy6gzOisD_628wfbaI46dMSc5T_0gZ2-SAJo",
"encrypted_access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHBpcmVzT24iOjE3MjA2MzUzMjE5OTYsIm1lcmNoYW50SWQiOiJWUlVBVCJ9.4YjYHI6Gy6gzOisD_628wfbaI46dMSc5T_0gZ2-SAJo",
"expires_in": null,
"issued_at": 1706073005,
"expires_at": 1706697605,
"session_expires_at": 1706697605,
"token_type": "O-Bearer"
}
Response Parameters
Parameter Name | Data Type | Description |
---|---|---|
access_token | String | Token generated at PhonePe, Generated token will remain valid for a specific time and this can be checked by referring to the “expires_at” field. After expiry, the token must be refreshed using the same API. |
issued_at | DateTime | Token generated timestamp in epoch (in seconds) |
expires_at | DateTime | Token expiry timestamp in epoch (in seconds) |
token_type | String | Type will be “O-Bearer”. |
Note: Merchants should rely on the following response parameters.
access_token
– The TOKEN that has be used in the API calls with PhonePe.expires_at
– The validity of the TOKEN (in seconds)