API to Generate Token using username/password

Generate a token by using the payout merchant username and password

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	This is a public client id to be used by all payouts merchants. Please note: you can use the same client id mentioned under ‘possible values’ column depending on the environment	String	yes	Production client_id : ccbb70745faad9c06092bb5c79bfd919b6f45fd454f34619d83920893e90ae6b Test client_id : 6f8bb4951e030d4d7349e64a144a534778673585f86039617c167166e9154f7e
grant_type	Constant value	String	yes	password
username	Registered mobile or email	String	yes
password	Registered Account password	String	yes
scope	Constant value	String	yes	create_payout_transactions

public client id does not vary from merchant to merchant, use the id mentioned above and get going

Example

Sample Request (in test env):

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=password&scope=create_payout_transactions&client_id=6f8bb4951e030d4d7349e64a144a534778673585f86039617c167166e9154f7e&username=payouttest4%40mailinator.com&password=Tester%40123&='

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

Sample Response :

{
 "access_token": "581b0657b38a56bb4296f774852f208f6d84a23d8f1bf61c63c15de60d43ee76",
 "token_type": "Bearer",
 "expires_in": 7199,
 "refresh_token": "ff8e094ecfa11fb390931f779ae62c0836f97bbaedcf5551c88eff826da3239a",
 "scope": "create_payout_transactions",
 "created_at": 1585216027,
 "user_uuid": "11e8-5a8f-05faaaa4-84a5-020d245326e4"
}

Response Params

Key	Description
access_token	This is the security token. This will be used in further api calls
token_type	Type of token
expire_in	This is the TTL, Access token will get expired in return seconds.
refresh_token	This will be used to refresh the access_token. Api detail is given below
scope	Allowed scopes in generated security token eg the generated token can be used only for payout api requests
created_at	Time of creation in milliseconds
user_uuid	Unique identifier for the user. Read more about uuid here

You will learn more about refresh token soon