Request an Access Token

1. Request an Account ID and a Secret key from LiveRamp.

You need your account credentials to obtain an access token. Contact your LiveRamp representative for your username (Account ID) and your password (Secret Key). You should receive a JSON file that includes those credentials. If you need a LiveRamp Service Account, please reach out to your account manager.

2. Submit a request for a Privacy API access token.

An example request is shown below.

curl https://serviceaccounts.liveramp.com/authn/v1/oauth2/token \
  -d grant_type=password \
  -d username="$ACCOUNT_ID" \
  -d password="$SECRET_KEY" \
  -d scope=openid \
  -d client_id="liveramp-api" \
  -d response_type=token

An alternative URL-encoded example request is shown below.

curl --location --request POST 
'https://serviceaccounts.liveramp.com/authn/v1/oauth2/token?grant_type=password&client_id=liveramp-api&username=${serviceAccountName}&password={${serviceAccountPassword}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

Your access token request includes the following variables.

If the access token request is valid and authorized, the token server issues the access token in the format shown below:

{
    "access_token": "token",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "expires_in": 1800,
    "scope": "liveramp-api"
}

Use the access_token from the response to authorize Privacy API calls.
Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}

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About access token expiration

Access tokens expire quickly. See theexpires_invalue for the time limit. The example above shows 30 minutes (1800 seconds). To ensure that calls to Privacy API endpoints are successful, set up an automated way to fetch new access tokens.