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Workday Security OAuth Tokens API

Obtain and manage OAuth 2.0 access tokens for authenticating REST API requests to Workday services.

Workday Security OAuth Tokens API is one of 13 APIs that Workday Security publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include OAuth Tokens. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{host}/ccx/api/v1/{tenant}.

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
v1
Base URL
https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/service/
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Security OAuth Tokens API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from the Workday token endpoint.

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.

OAuth Tokens 1

Obtain and manage OAuth 2.0 access tokens for authenticating REST API requests to Workday services.

POST
/oauth2/{tenant}/token
Workday Security Request an OAuth 2.0 access token
requestAccessToken 1 param body → 200400401

Schemas 2

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

TokenResponse
object
OAuth 2.0 token response containing the access token and associated metadata for authenticating subsequent API requests.
5 properties 2 required
OAuthError
object
Error response returned when an OAuth 2.0 token request fails due to invalid parameters, credentials, or an unsupported grant type.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-security-oauth-tokens-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Workday Security publishes across the network.

Workday User Activity Logging API
Workday Security Account Signons API
Workday Security Audit Logs API
Workday Security Authentication Configuration API
Workday Security Compliance Reports API
Workday Security Domain Security Policies API
Workday Security Security Audit API
Workday Security Security Group Members API
Workday Security Security Groups API
Workday Security Sessions API
Workday Security Unidentified Signons API
Workday Security User Accounts API