# Client Credentials Token

Operations 

## The Client Credentials Token resource 

Fields
access_token
Access token to be used when calling "create user" endpoint. Valid for 12 hours.

token_type
Type (`bearer`)

expires_in
Expiry time in seconds

scope
Scope (`transfers`)

Client Credentials Token Object

```json
{
  "access_token": "ba8k1234-00f2-475a-60d8-6g45377b4062",
  "token_type":"bearer",
  "expires_in": 43199,
  "expires_at": "2025-04-11T03:43:28.148Z",
  "scope":"transfers"
}
```

## Retrieve a client credentials token

**`POST /oauth/token`**

Obtain access_token based on your API client credentials.

Request
Use Basic Authentication with your api-client-id/api-client-secret as the username/password. The body of the request must be sent as x-www-form-urlencoded.

grant_type
"client_credentials"

#### Response

Returns a [client credentials token object](/api-reference/client-credentials-token#object)

Example Request

```bash
curl \
  https://api.sandbox.transferwise.tech/oauth/token \
  -u '<client id>:<client secret>' \
  -d 'grant_type=client_credentials'
```