1. Authentication API
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  1. Authentication API

Authentication

POST
https://api.cobre.co/v1/auth
Use this endpoint to generate the access credentials required to call any Cobre API. Exchange your API credentials for a short-lived token, then pass it in the Authorization header on every subsequent request to ensure secure and consistent access across environments.
See Authentication guide

Request

Header Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Responses

🟢201Success
application/json
Body

🟠403Forbidden
🟠409Error Response
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.cobre.co/v1/auth' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "user_id": "{{user_id}}",
    "secret": "{{secret}}"
}'
Response Response Example
201 - authentication
{
    "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsImtpZCI6IksxMkF5WkItMkpodDEwdUZLV080YSJ9.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.O_aMKPlZcWZ3Ckn9rzpC2lXIG4PCkNOkJCAvr0FdSWOgMoLZUB6ggl0rh_3WtaHPnub5KjvX1YJHvlvD6ewQtwStG-Q5mlLT56M9npofeoz5cdkRby18qstgn5UBdh5l4pGwI5iwz8_zT_AnVcHwZjQ7ipb3mJoMUT_d92MqARDH8xRlB5VF4OKnFD9c8RVOMYPv1tyOjYunsQ83sAwB8qUs4P3a5kH7bQtmu0ZnU6VCZfyEwUQegxr8Jzq31Fgc0n_W68KbjoVGDv8wQgMsX-3zIvk5XGcqngQ0IsX2hnlxdnl2RZVIM3d9OK8AieoBWLyWGqsMgqRRb40i6zXxXA",
    "type": "Bearer",
    "expiration_time": 376
}
Modified at 2026-01-06 03:13:28
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