POST
/
oauth
/
token

A refresh token is invalidated 1 minute after use. Please ensure you're persisting both the newly minted access and refresh token. Failure to do so will require the user to go through Connect again after the access token has expired.

Request

Headers

Authorization
string
required

HTTP Basic Auth header containing the client_id and client_secret. The header is formed by concatenating the word “Basic”, a space, and a base64-encoded string consisting of the client_id, a colon :, and the client_secret.

Content-Type
string
required

Must be set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded, matching the format of the request body.

User-Agent
string
required

A valid HTTP User Agent value.

Body

grant_type
required

This value must be set to refresh_token

refresh_token
required

The refresh token received in the response with the access token from an auth code exchange or prior token refresh.

Response

access_token

A string representing an access token used to make requests to the Smartcar API.

expires_in

The number of seconds the access token is valid for. This is always set to 7200 (2 hours)

refresh_token

A string representing a refresh token, which is used to renew access when the current access token expires. The refresh token expires after 60 days.

token_type

Always set to Bearer.