DXM Access API - Authentication

JasonYoo

Overview

Use this call to obtain consent to invoke the API on behalf of the user. It will require you to authenticate as a CMS user and obtain consent, unless consent has been previously stored and still exist in the project.

To make an Access API call from the external projects such as custom web or mobile applications, you must supply an API key as well as the instance name and credentials on the authentication call.

HTTP headers

Specify one or more of the following HTTP headers in the API calls:

HTTP header	Description	Syntax
Authorization	Required. Specifies the authentication API Key that proves you have access to the CMS instance. You specify the API Key in the Authorization request header.	CP <API Key>: <HTTP verb> <Endpoint> <Data> <DateTime>
	API Key - contact support to obtain a developer public token(API key) for the instance.	Sample: 1c12f3d1234c123456d7
Content Type	Required for operations with a request body. Specifies the format of the request body.	Content-Type:application/json or Content-Type:application/xml
“cp-datetime”	Current Date Time	yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffffff
Encoding	Characters encoding	UTF-8

POST /Auth/Authenticate

Component	Specifies
Endpoint	A combination of the server that fulfills the request, the web service, and the resource against which the request is being made. For example, in the POST https://cms.crownpeak.net/<instance_name>/cpt_webservice/accessapi/Auth/Authenticate
Content Type	The content type of the request body. Set this value to either “Content-Type:application/json” or “Content-Type:application/xml”
Credentials	The username and password for the CMS instance.