OAuth #

Allow users to access Trading View and other apps using OAuth.


Retrieve a client_id #

GET /v1/oauth/clients/{client_id}

Request #

Sample Request #

{
  "response_type": "token",
  "redirect_uri": "www.example.com/oauth_redirect",
  "scope": "general"
}

Parameters #

Attribute Type Notes
response_type string ENUM: code or token
redirect_uri string Redirect URI of the OAuth flow
scope string Requested scopes by the OAuth flow

Response #

Sample Response #

{
  "client_id": "7a3c52a910e1dc2abbb14da2b6b8e711",
  "name": "TradingApp",
  "description": "Sample description",
  "url": "http://test.com",
  "terms_of_use": "",
  "privacy_policy": "",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "redirect_uri": ["http://localhost"],
  "live_trading_approved": false
}

Parameters #

Attribute Type Notes
client_id string OAuth client id
name string Broker name (your name)
description string
url string
terms_of_use string URL of ToS
privacy_policy string URL of PP
status string ENUM: ACTIVE or DISABLED
redirect_uri string
live_trading_approved boolean

Error Codes #

401 - Unauthorized

Client does not exist, or you do not have access to the client

500 - Internal Server Error

Some server error occurred. Please contact Alpaca.


Create an OAuth Token #

POST /v1/oauth/token

Request #

Sample Request #

Parameters #

Attribute Type Requirement Notes
client_id string
Required
OAuth client_id
client_secret string
Required
OAuth client_secret
redirect_uri string
Required
Redirect URI of OAuth flow
scope string/numeric
Required
Requested scopes by OAuth flow
account_id string
Required
UUID of end user

Response #

Sample Response #

{
  "access_token": "87586f14-c3f4-4912-b107-f75bc17ff87a",
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}

Parameters #

Attribute Type Notes
access_token string OAuth token
token_type string Always Bearer
scope string Token’s scope
Error Codes #

401 - Unauthorized

Client does not exist, or you do not have access to the client, or client_secret is incorrect.

422 - Unprocessable Entity

Redirect URI or scope is invalid

500 - Internal Server Error

Some server error occurred. Please contact Alpaca.


Authorize an OAuth Token #

POST /v1/oauth/authorize

Request #

Parameters #

Attribute Type Requirement Notes
client_id string
Required
OAuth client_id
client_secret string
Required
OAuth client_secret
redirect_uri string
Required
Redirect URI of OAuth flow
scope string/numeric
Required
Requested scopes by OAuth flow
account_id string
Required
UUID of end user

Response #

Sample Response #

{
  "code": "912b5502-c983-40f7-a01d-6a66f13a754d",
  "client_id": "7a3c52a910e1dc2abbb14da2b6b8e711",
  "redirect_uri": "http://localhost",
  "scope": ""
}

Parameters #

Attribute Type Notes
code string OAuth code to exchange with token
client_id string OAuth client_id
redirect_uri string Redirect URI of OAuth flow
scope string Granted scopes

Error Codes #

401 - Unauthorized

Client does not exist, or you do not have access to the client, or client_secret is incorrect.

422 - Unprocessable Entity

Redirect URI or scope is invalid

500 - Internal Server Error

Some server error occurred. Please contact Alpaca.


Delete a Token #

DELETE /v1/oauth/token/{token_id}

Request #

N/A

Response #

204 - No Content

The token was revoked successfully.

 

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