openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: OAuth Authorization Code API description: |- The UPS OAuth Authorization Code API helps integrate UPS services into your business application for providing the service your application grants your customers. For example, you can create UPS shipping labels with shipping rates for merchants from within your application. Since your application will not have access to your customer's UPS login credentials, the OAuth authorization code flow is used to let your customer use their UPS credentials, within your application, in a simple and secure way. The PKCE-enhanced Authorization Code Flow introduces a secret created by the calling application that can be verified by the authorization server; this secret is called the Code Verifier. Additionally, the calling app creates a transform value of the Code Verifier called the Code Challenge and sends this value over HTTPS to retrieve an Authorization Code. This way, a malicious attacker can only intercept the Authorization Code, and they cannot exchange it for a token without the Code Verifier. Key Business Values: - **Enhanced Transaction Security**: The OAuth Authorization Code flow is more secure and reliable since the access token and the refresh token are never exposed in the browser's URL, thus reducing the risk of leakage or theft. - **Operational Efficiency**: With the ability to obtain a refresh token when the token expires, your application can maintain a long-term and uninterrupted access to the protected resources, without requiring the user to re-authenticate or re-login. Overview of steps in OAuth Authorization Code flow: 1. When user selects Login, the client application redirects to the authorization server's /authorize endpoint. 2. The Authorization Server authenticates the user by asking for their login credentials, and after successful login, the authorization server responds back to the application with an authorization code contained within a redirection URI. 3. The application then sends the authorization code and the redirection URI to the authorization server's /oauth/token endpoint. 4. The authorization server's /token endpoint verifies the authorization code and the application's client ID contained in the redirect URI, and responds with a with an access token, as well as a refresh token. 5. The Client application uses the access token to request information from an UPS API. Overview of steps in OAuth Authorization Code PKCE flow: 1. When user selects Login, the client application redirects to the authorization server's /authorize endpoint with Code Challenge - **Note:** Prior to redirecting to the authorization server, the application generates and **code_challenge** and **code_verifier** that are related in this way: code_challenge = BASE64URL-ENCODE(SHA256(ASCII(code_verifier))) 2. The Authorization Server authenticates the user by asking for their login credentials, and after successful login, the authorization server responds back to the application with an authorization code contained within a redirection URI. 4. The application then sends the authorization code , code_verifer and the redirection URI to the authorization server's /oauth/token endpoint. - **Note:** When utlizing the PKCE flow, the BASIC Authorization header should **not** be included, just the **client_id** parameter in the body. 5. The authorization server's /token endpoint verifies the authorization code, code_verifier and the application's client ID contained in the redirect URI, and responds with a with an access token, as well as a refresh token. 6. The Client application uses the access token to request information from an UPS API. - Setting-up OAuth Authorization Code flow - Accelerate API Integration with UPS SDKs

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Run In Postman Open in GitHub version: '1.0' paths: "/v1/oauth/authorize": get: servers: - url: https://wwwcie.ups.com/security description: Customer Integration Environment - url: https://onlinetools.ups.com/security description: Production tags: - OAuth Auth Code summary: Authorize Client description: |- The Authorize Client endpoint initiates the OAuth Authorization Code flow by redirecting the user to UPS for logging-in and authorize the client application. To begin the authorization flow, the application constructs a URL using the application's client Id, the redirect URI, the scope of permissions requested, and a random string used for subsequent verification. A successful response redirects back to the client with an authorization code that can be exchanged for an access token. operationId: AuthorizeClient parameters: - in: query name: client_id schema: type: string description: The public identifier for your application, obtained when you, the developer first registered the application. required: true - in: query name: redirect_uri schema: type: string description: URL that tells the authorization server where to send the user back to after they approve the request. required: true - in: query name: response_type schema: type: string description: 'Valid Values: code' required: true - in: query name: state schema: type: string description: A random string generated by the application and included in the request to prevent CSRF attacks. The application checks that the same value is returned after the user authorizes the app. required: false - in: query name: scope schema: type: string description: One or more space-separated strings indicating which permissions the application is requesting. required: false - in: query name: code_challenge schema: type: string description: Base64 URL-Encoded SHA256 value of Code Verifier that can be used to verify the code_verifier in the /token step. required: false responses: '302': description: successful operation headers: location: description: |- The UPS login redirection URI in the following format: https://{UPS_domain_URL}?client_id={client_id}&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}&response_type=code&scope={scope}&state={state}&type=ups_com_api The value of 'state' will be the same value that the application initially set in the request. The 'code' is the authorization code generated by the authorization server. schema: type: string appname: description: Name of the application requesting the authorization code. schema: type: string displayname: description: Display name of the application requesting the Authorization code. schema: type: string '400': description: Invalid Request content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '401': description: Unauthorized Request content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '403': description: Blocked Merchant content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '429': description: Rate Limit Exceeded content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" "/v1/oauth/token": post: servers: - url: https://wwwcie.ups.com/security description: Customer Integration Environment - url: https://onlinetools.ups.com/security description: Production tags: - OAuth Auth Code security: - BasicAuthGenerate: [] description: The Generate Token endpoint exchanges the authorization code received from the client application for an access token and a refresh token. The client uses the access token to make API requests on behalf of the user by including it in the authorization header. The access token will expire after a certain period and can be refreshed by using the /refresh endpoint. operationId: GenerateToken requestBody: content: application/x-www-form-urlencoded: schema: type: object properties: grant_type: type: string description: 'Valid values: authorization_code' default: authorization_code code: type: string description: Authorization code from the UPS login system. redirect_uri: type: string description: Callback URL for the requesting application. code_verifier: type: string description: | **Only required for PKCE flow**. A randomly generated secret created by the calling application that can be verified by the authorization server. client_id: type: string description: | **Only required for PKCE flow**. The public identifier for your application, obtained when you, the developer first registered the application. required: - grant_type - code - redirect_uri responses: '200': description: successful operation content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/generateTokenSuccessResponse" '400': description: Invalid Request content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '401': description: Unauthorized Request content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '403': description: Blocked Merchant content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '429': description: Rate Limit Exceeded content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" "/v1/oauth/refresh": post: servers: - url: https://wwwcie.ups.com/security description: Customer Integration Environment - url: https://onlinetools.ups.com/security description: Production security: - BasicAuthRefresh: [] summary: Refresh Token tags: - OAuth Auth Code operationId: RefreshToken description: The /refresh endpoint is used to refresh an expired access token in order to continue accessing a UPS API on behalf of a user. The endpoint generates a new access/refresh token pair by exchanging a valid refresh token. A successful response returns new access and refresh tokens for ongoing API access without re-prompting the user. parameters: [] requestBody: content: application/x-www-form-urlencoded: schema: type: object properties: grant_type: type: string description: 'Valid values: refresh_token' default: refresh_token refresh_token: type: string description: Refresh token from GenerateToken operation required: - grant_type - refresh_token responses: '200': description: successful operation content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/refreshTokenSuccessResponse" '400': description: Invalid Request content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '401': description: Unauthorized Request content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '403': description: Blocked Merchant content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" '429': description: Rate Limit Exceeded content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" components: securitySchemes: BasicAuthGenerate: type: http scheme: basic description: | - **Flow 1: Plain Auth-Code** Find your Client ID and Secret on your app info page. 1. Select \"Try It\" 2. In the Security section enter your Client ID as the Username and your Secret as the Password. 3. Enter any additional information in the Body and Parameters sections. 4. Select \"Send\" to execute your API request - **Flow 2: Auth-Code with PKCE [no http Authorization header required]** 1. Select \"Try It\" 2. Include the **client_id** and **code_verifier** parameters in the body of the request. Do not include an Authorization header. 3. Enter any additional information in the Body and Parameters sections. 4. Select \"Send\" to execute your API request BasicAuthRefresh: type: http scheme: basic description: | Find your Client ID and Secret on your app info page. 1. Select \"Try It\" 2. In the Security section enter your Client ID as the Username and your Secret as the Password. 3. Enter any additional information in the Body and Parameters sections. 4. Select \"Send\" to execute your API request schemas: generateTokenSuccessResponse: type: object properties: refresh_token_expires_in: description: Expiration time for requested refresh token in seconds. type: string refresh_token_status: description: Status for requested refresh token. type: string token_type: description: Type of requested access token type: string issued_at: description: Issue time of requested token in milliseconds. type: string client_id: description: Client id for requested token. type: string access_token: description: Token to be used in API requests. type: string refresh_token: description: Refresh token to be used in refresh requests when obtaining new access token. type: string scope: description: Scope for requested token. type: string refresh_token_issued_at: description: Time that refresh token was issued in milliseconds. type: string expires_in: description: Expire time for requested token in seconds. type: string refresh_count: description: Number of refreshes for requested token. type: string status: description: Status for requested token. type: string refreshTokenSuccessResponse: type: object properties: refresh_token_expires_in: description: Expiration time for requested refresh token in seconds. type: string refresh_token_status: description: Status for requested refresh token. type: string token_type: description: Type for requested token. type: string issued_at: description: Issue time for requested token in milliseconds. type: string client_id: description: Client id for requested token. type: string access_token: description: Token to be used in API requests. type: string refresh_token: description: Token to be used in refresh requests. type: string scope: description: Scope for requested token. type: string refresh_token_issued_at: description: Issue time for requested refresh token in milliseconds. type: string expires_in: description: Expiration time for requested access token in seconds. type: string refresh_count: description: Number of refreshes for requested token. type: string status: description: Status for requested token. type: string tokenErrorResponse: type: object properties: response: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/errorResponseWrapper" errorResponseWrapper: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/errors" errors: type: object properties: code: description: Error code type: string message: description: Error message type: string