Bearer Token

Get the Bearer Token

The AUTHORIZATION_CODE can be exchanged for bearer tokens using the token endpoint at https://app.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token

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Sandbox OAuth

If you want to test the OAuth flow in Sandbox, you will need to use this endpoint to get the bearer token:
https://sandbox.app.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token

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Update Reminder

The old token URL https://checkbook.io/oauth/token will be discontinued after August 1st, 2021. Please update your implementation to use the new URL https://app.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token

This url accepts a POST request with the parameters:

A successful request will return a JSON object with an access_token along with some other information:

Here's an example of a request:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://demo.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token \
  --header 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --data 'client_id=313910200b834c009f62ae47feeee407&grant_type=authorization_code&scope=check&code=8hXMj1T9D36qL2uzb19s5OaNnkT6Vq&redirect_uri=https://example.com&checkbook_oauth_redirect&client_secret=dXbCgzYBMibj8ZwuQMd2NXr6rtvjZ8'

And the corresponding response:

{
  "access_token": "Nv6XB8OQ3IfT77Y9IknZqe87bFiF6Z", 
  "token_type": "Bearer", 
  "expires_in": 15552000, 
  "refresh_token": "v0sRbFofMnKB2GmMyGnoOsot1VbpDU", 
  "scope": "check"
}

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Note

The previous request is for the demo environment and cannot be used for an actual OAuth implementation. You will need to use either the sandbox or the production authorization endpoint.

Refresh the Bearer Token

When the BEARER_TOKEN expires, you need to make another request to the endpoint at https://app.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token to get a new token.

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Sandbox OAuth

If you want to test the OAuth flow in Sandbox, you will need to use this endpoint to get the bearer token:
https://sandbox.app.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token

This url accepts a POST request with the parameters:

A successful request will return the JSON object with an access_token, same as the initial response for getting the Bearer token.

Here's an example of a request:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://demo.checkbook.io/web/v1/auth/oauth/token \
  --header 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --data 'client_id=313910200b834c009f62ae47feeee407&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=v0sRbFofMnKB2GmMyGnoOsot1VbpDU'

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Note

The previous request is for the demo environment and cannot be used for an actual OAuth implementation. You will need to use either the sandbox or the production authorization endpoint.

Make API Calls

The BEARER_TOKEN (i.e. the access_token from the JSON response) will be used for authentication when making API requests, instead of the normal authorization header :

Authorization: bearer BEARER_TOKEN

So for the previous example, the authorization header would need to look like this:

Authorization: bearer Nv6XB8OQ3IfT77Y9IknZqe87bFiF6Z