The API supports two different authentications Basic Auth and Bearer Token

Note: Bearer Token is currently not supported for SSOP

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Basic Authentication

You need to request the username and password through customer service

curl -X POST "{{URL}}/ShipServer/{{ID}}/{{PATH}}" 
-H "Authorization: basic {{TOKEN}}" 
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
--data-raw "{
    \"data\": {},
    \"options\": {}
}"

• {{TOKEN}} - your username + ":" + password encoded with base64 

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Bearer Token

• Login to www.nshiftportal.com with your Owner user
• Click on the Settings icon in the top right corner 
• In the menu to the right select Clients under API Configuration and click on the Add button
• Give the new entry a Display Name and a Description
• Make sure that the Enable checkbox is checked 
• Set the Allowed Scope to Shipment Server (public_api_shipmentserver)
• Save the client_id and client_secret locally, once you close the dialog the client_secret can't be recovered

For more detailed instructions with images, see Creating a Client ID and Client Secret for Ship API v2

2. Request an access_token using the client_id and client_secret

The Token is valid for 60 minutes before it expires and you have to re-authenticate

curl -X POST "https://account.nshiftportal.com/idp/connect/token" 
--header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" 
--data-urlencode "grant_type=client_credentials" 
--data-urlencode "client_id={{CLIENT_ID}}" 
--data-urlencode "client_secret={{CLIENT_SECRET}}"

• You do not re-authenticate for each request, you should save it and reuse it from a cache

Response

{
    "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjI3QjA1ODk4Nzc1OEUwMkMI1NiIsInR2...",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "scope": "public_api_shipmentserver"
}

3. Using the access token in a request
The access_token has to be added to the header on all requests.

curl -X POST "{{URL}}/ShipServer/{{ID}}/{{PATH}}" 
-H "Authorization: bearer {{TOKEN}}"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
--data-raw "{
    \"data\": {},
    \"options\": {}
}"