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# Get an authentication token.

GET https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token

Use your username/password and HTTP Basic Authentication to get an authentication token
Use the token along with your client id in all subsequent requests.
When the token expires make another request to this route and get a new token.

Reference: https://docs.feedonomics.com/developer/api-reference/rest/feedamp-order-api-v1/authentication/get-token

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Response

### 200

Authentication token

- `token` (string, optional) — Authentication token to be used in all subsequent requests using RestAPIAuth.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "token": "53bf15c-this-is-an-example-token-b7769e17d-example-3f82af26f-example-12588b14d-example-15426324a-example-a5b2f721c-example-26fc7"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token"

response = requests.get(url, auth=("<username>", "<password>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token';
const credentials = btoa("<username>:<password>");

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<username>", "<password>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<username>", "<password>")

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token")
  .basicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<username>', '<password>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<username>", "<password>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<username>:<password>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.feedamp.feedonomics.com/api/v1/get_token")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```