Token-Based Authentication

POST https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant Content-Type: application/json

Generates a temporary JSON Web Token (JWT) with a 30-second (by default) TTL and usage::write permission for core voice APIs, requiring an API key with Member or higher authorization. Tokens created with this endpoint will not work with the Manage APIs.

Reference: https://developers.deepgram.com/reference/auth/tokens/grant

Authentication

Authorization header (required) (prefixed with Token ) — Use Authorization: Token <API_KEY> Example: Authorization: Token 12345abcdef

Request

Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a GrantV1Request.

ttl_seconds (double, optional) — Time to live in seconds for the token. Defaults to 30 seconds.

Response

200

Grant response

access_token (string, required) — JSON Web Token (JWT)
expires_in (double, optional) — Time in seconds until the JWT expires

Errors

400 Bad Request Error

Invalid Request

ErrorResponse

Types

ErrorResponseLegacyError

err_code (string, optional) — The error code
err_msg (string, optional) — The error message
request_id (string, optional) — The request ID

ErrorResponseModernError

category (string, optional) — The category of the error
message (string, optional) — A message about the error
details (string, optional) — A description of the error
request_id (string, optional) — The unique identifier of the request

Examples

Request

JSON

{}

Response

JSON

{
  "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIn0.dozjgNryP4J3jVmNHl0w5N_XgL0n3I9PlFUP0THsR8U",
  "expires_in": 30
}

SDK Code

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Token <apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

JavaScript

const url = 'https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Token <apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

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

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Token <apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Token <apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

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.post("https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant")
  .header("Authorization", "Token <apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();

PHP

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Token <apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Token <apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Swift

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Token <apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.deepgram.com/v1/auth/grant")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

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()

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