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instacart Authentication API

Endpoints for obtaining and managing OAuth 2.0 access tokens used to authenticate API requests.

instacart Authentication API is one of 10 APIs that instacart publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://connect.instacart.com.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://connect.instacart.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained using client credentials with the connect:dataingestion scope.

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

Endpoints for obtaining and managing OAuth 2.0 access tokens used to authenticate API requests.

POST
/v2/oauth/token
Generate an access token
generateAccessToken body → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TokenResponse (5 properties), TokenRequest (4 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TokenResponse
object
5 properties
TokenRequest
object
4 properties 4 required
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

instacart-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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instacart Orders API
instacart Pickup API
instacart Products API
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