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NowCerts Authentication API

Obtain and refresh bearer tokens.

NowCerts Authentication API is one of 6 APIs that NowCerts 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, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.1.5.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.nowcerts.com/api.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.1.5
Base URL
https://api.nowcerts.com/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

NowCerts 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 https://api.nowcerts.com/token via the OAuth2 password grant. The user must have the "API Integration" agent role.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 2

Obtain and refresh bearer tokens.

POST
/token
Obtain a bearer token
getToken body → 200400
GET
/heartbeat
API availability check
heartbeat → 200

Schemas 2

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

TokenResponse
object
OAuth2 password-grant token response. Modeled.
4 properties
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nowcerts-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NowCerts publishes across the network.

NowCerts Carriers API
NowCerts Endorsements API
NowCerts Insureds API
NowCerts Policies API
NowCerts Tasks API