openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: OAuth Client Credentials API version: '' description: | The UPS OAuth Client Credentials API helps retrieve an OAuth Bearer token when the integration owner is also the UPS shipper. The integration owner uses their UPS login credentials, and the UPS account number, to receive a token that can be used in the authorization HTTP header of subsequent API calls to UPS APIs like the Ship API, Track API, etc. - Client Credentials - Accelerate API Integration with UPS SDKs

Try out UPS APIs with example requests using Postman and learn more about the UPS Postman Collection by visiting our Postman Guide. Explore API documentation and sample applications through GitHub.

Run In Postman Open in GitHub paths: "/security/v1/oauth/token": post: servers: - url: https://wwwcie.ups.com/ description: Customer Integration Environment for Client Credentials - url: https://onlinetools.ups.com/ description: Production for Client Credentials summary: Create Token tags: - OAuth Client Credentials security: - BasicAuth: [] operationId: CreateToken parameters: - in: header name: x-merchant-id schema: type: string description: 6-digit UPS account number. required: false requestBody: required: true content: application/x-www-form-urlencoded: schema: type: object properties: grant_type: type: string description: 'Valid values: client_credentials' default: client_credentials required: - grant_type responses: '200': description: successful operation content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenSuccessResponse" '400': description: Invalid Request content: application/json: schema: "$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: Quota Limit Exceeded content: application/json: schema: "$ref": "#/components/schemas/tokenErrorResponse" components: securitySchemes: BasicAuth: type: http scheme: basic description: | Find your Client ID and Secret on your app info page. 1. Select \"Try It\" 2. In the Security section enter your Client ID as the Username and your Secret as the Password. 3. Enter any additional information in the Body and Parameters sections. 4. Select \"Send\" to execute your API request schemas: tokenSuccessResponse: type: object properties: token_type: description: Container for token response. type: string issued_at: description: Issue time of requested token. type: string client_id: description: Client id for requested token. type: string access_token: description: Token to be used in API requests. type: string scope: description: Scope for requested token. type: string expires_in: description: Expire time for requested token in seconds. type: string refresh_count: description: Number of refreshes for requested token. type: string status: description: Status for requested token. type: string tokenErrorResponse: type: object properties: response: "$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