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hotjar Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 client credentials authentication endpoints for obtaining access tokens.

hotjar Authentication API is one of 7 APIs that hotjar publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.hotjar.io/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.hotjar.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

hotjar Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token obtained from the OAuth token endpoint using client credentials grant.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 1

OAuth 2.0 client credentials authentication endpoints for obtaining access tokens.

POST
/oauth/token
Obtain an OAuth access token
createOAuthToken body → 200401

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OAuthToken (3 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OAuthToken
object
An OAuth 2.0 access token response returned after successful client credentials authentication.
3 properties
Error
object
An error response returned by the API when a request fails.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hotjar-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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