---
updatedAt: 2025-11-13T23:28:39.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.coinme.com/llms.txt
---

# Get Authorization Token

The first step for a partner is to obtain authentication token by calling the Coinme authorize endpoint, this token has a 60m life and needs to be passed with each subsequent call

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "authorize",
    "version": "1.2"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://caas-staging.coinme.com/services"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "basic"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/authorize": {
      "post": {
        "summary": "Get Authorization Token",
        "description": "The first step for a partner is to obtain authentication token by calling the Coinme authorize endpoint, this token has a 60m life and needs to be passed with each subsequent call",
        "operationId": "initiate-authorize",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "User-Agent",
            "in": "header",
            "description": "Partner User Agent ID (given by Coinme)",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {}
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "400",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {}
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "401",
            "content": {
              "text/plain": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": ""
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "500",
            "content": {
              "text/plain": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": ""
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```