Generate Access Token and Refresh Token

Once the client application receives an authorization code, it can exchange for an access token by making the following request:

Request URL

https://<base_accounts_url>/oauth/v2/token?grant_type=authorization_code&client_id=<client_id>&client_secret=<client_secret>&redirect_uri=<redirect_uri>&code=<authorization_code>

Request Method

POST

where,

base_accounts_url	The base URL of your Zoho Account For example, it's accounts.zoho.com if your account belongs to Zoho's US DC.
client_id & client_secret	The client credentials that were generated when you registered the client application
redirect_uri	One of the authorized redirect URIs that you associated while registering the client application
code	The authorization code that was generated upon making the authorization request

Understanding the response

The success or failure of the API will be conveyed in its response. The response of the generate token API will include:

access_token
The access token that the requesting user will need to access the resources that correspond to the scopes that were included while making the authorization request.
refresh_token
The refresh token that will be required to refresh the requesting user's access token.
expires_in
The time (in seconds) after which the access token will expire.
api_domain
The domain where the API calls are to be made for the requesting user. Though the value will contain the zohoapis domain, the client application must use your Creator account's base URL in its API requests. For example, if your account belongs to Zoho's US DC, the client must make the API requests at creator.zoho.com
token_type
This indicates the generated token's type. The value Bearer indicates that it's an access token.

Note

An access token is valid for only an hour and can be used only to perform the operations defined by the scopes that were included while making the authorization request.
A refresh token has no expiry. However, it can be revoked. It's purpose is to refresh the access token upon its expiry.
A maximum of five refresh tokens can be generated per minute.

Possible Errors

invalid_client
- Ensure that you have passed the right client ID and client secret
- Ensure that you have used the same Zoho account base URL that you used while making the authorization request
invalid_code
- The authorization code that you generated may either have expired or already been exchanged for an access token
- The refresh token that was used to generate the access token may either have expired or been revoked
invalid_redirect_uri
The redirect URI given in the request is not one that was associated while registering the client application

Sample Request

Copiedcurl "https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token?grant_type=authorization_code&code=1000.xxxxxxd34d.xxxxxxx909a&client_id=1000.xxxxxxxxxxHF2C6H&redirect_uri=https://www.zylker.com/callback&client_secret=xxxxxxxxx4f4f7a"
-X POST

Sample Response

Copied{
    "access_token": "1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf",
    "refresh_token": "1000.3ph66exxxxxxxxxxxxx6ce34.3c4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf",
    "api_domain": "https://www.zohoapis.com",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "expires_in": 3600
}

Though the api_domain key in the response contains the zohoapis domain, the client application must use your Creator account's base URL in its API requests. For example, if your account belongs to Zoho's US DC, the client must make the API requests at creator.zoho.com