Authentication
Authentication to the Empirical API begins with a client ID and a client secret. Your organization can create as many ID/secret pairs as needed.
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Authentication to the Empirical API begins with a client ID and a client secret. Your organization can create as many ID/secret pairs as needed.
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A client ID and secret pair need to be exchanged for a JWT from our auth provider. The exchange process is a POST to , authenticated with HTTP Basic auth. Provide the client ID as the username and the client secret as the password. The POST request will need to include two values:
The response to the POST request will be a JSON object and the JWT will be stored in the access_token key.
Empirical API requests should include an Authorization header with a value of Bearer <JWT>.
Your issued JWT is valid for one hour. A new JWT will need to be retrieved, using the same process, when the expiration time passes. The exp claim in the JWT contains the exact expiration time for the token.
, go to Settings, and click "API Clients".
Choose an alias name and click "Create API Client".
Copy and save your Client Credentials.
