API to Generate Token using private client id

Generate authentication token using client secret and private client id

Production

https://accounts.payu.in/oauth/token

Testing

https://uat-accounts.payu.in/oauth/token

Request Params

Key	Description	Data type	Mandatory	Possible values
client_id	Login to the Payouts Dashboard and fetch the client ID after OTP verification	String	yes
grant_type	Constant value “client_credentials “	String	yes	client_credentials
client_secret	Login to the Payouts Dashboard and fetch the client ID after OTP verification	String	yes
scope	Constant value	String	yes	create_payout_transactions

Example

Test Environment Request:

curl -X POST \
 https://uat-accounts.payu.in/oauth/token \
 -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
 -H 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
 -d 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=cf608fdsfe84fd52f94fbc2702e4bb431641c40339991787568773411df368&client_secret=26ec3cc4bc7caaasdf90b006b655582b92ed0116554597942a884c6cb626e3f&scope=create_payout_transactions'

Remember to have the Content-Type set as x-www-form-urlencoded to avoid “invalid request” errors

Response:

{
 "access_token": "994as40fd3bee9a0e830b5a5743a93d4f5c32c84f637510b128a7c69586ab8d",
 "token_type": "Bearer",
 "expires_in": 6351,
 "scope": "create_payout_transactions",
 "created_at": 1585215909
}

Response Params

Key	Description
access_token	This is a security token. This will be used further in api calls
token_type	Type of token
expire_in	Access token will get expired in return seconds.
scope	allowed scopes in generated security token
created_at	Time of creation in milliseconds