This describes the API OAuth2 authentication process.

OAuth2 is a protocol that lets external applications request authorization to access private details in a user’s OnCrawl account without the need to have their password.

Developers need to register their application before getting started. A registered OAuth application is assigned a unique ClientID and Client Secret. The Client Secret should not be shared.

OnCrawl OAuth implementation supports the standard authorization code grant type. Developers may implement the web application flow as describe flow in order to:

  1. Obtain an authorization code
  2. Exchange it for a token

Web Application Flow

This is a description of the OAuth2 flow 3rf party web sites may implement.

1. Redirect users to request OnCrawl access

GET https://app.oncrawl.com/oauth/authorize

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
client_id string yes The application client ID you received from OnCrawl

2. OnCrawl redirects back to your site

If the user accepts your request to access its data, OnCrawl redirects back to your site with a temporary code in a code parameter.

3. Exchange this code for an access token:

POST https://app.oncrawl.com/oauth/token

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
client_id string yes The client ID you received from OnCrawl when you created your application
client_secret string yes The client secret you received from OnCrawl when you created your application
code string yes The code you received as a response of Step 1
grant_type string yes Must be authorization_code
redirect_uri string yes Specify URL in your application where users will be sent after authorization

Response

The response body contains a JSON payload providing the token.

{
  "access_token": "gAWaGlVscCJhMR3kQQs184gn8bjB0g",
  "refresh_token": "86WkFa7TVOJ4vQOtl8jt7Ao3GJO7PR",
  "expires_in": 3600,
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "scope": "account:read account:write"
}

4. Now use the access token to access the API

You can include the token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer OAUTH-TOKEN

For instance, with curl you can set the Authorization header like this:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH-TOKEN" https://app.github.com/projects

Requested scopes vs. granted scopes

The scope attribute provides the list of scopes attached to the token that were granted by the user. Normally, these scopes are the the same that those you requested. But future developments may allow OnCrawl users to edit token scopes. You should be aware of this possibility and prepare your application accordingly.

OAuth Scopes

As of now, there are 4 different OAuth scopes available:

  • account:read: provides capability to read user information
  • account:write: provides capability to update user information
  • project:read: provides capability to access:
    • configuration of projects, their configurations and crawls
    • perform queries and aggregation on crawls
  • project:write: provides capability to update projects and related data
Tags: reference