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POST

https://api.dwolla.comhttps://api-sandbox.dwolla.com

/client-tokens

cURL

POST https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/client-tokens
Accept: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{token}}
{
  "action": "customer.update",
    "_links": {
      "customer": {
          "href": "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/{{customerId}}"
      }
    }
  }

Using dwolla-v2 - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-v2-node

var requestBody = {
  _links: {
    customer: {
      href: "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/707177c3-bf15-4e7e-b37c-55c3898d9bf4",
    },
  },
  action: "customer.update",
};

dwolla.post("/client-tokens", requestBody).then((res) => res.body.token); // => '4adF858jPeQ9RnojMHdqSD2KwsvmhO7Ti7cI5woOiBGCpH5krY'

Using dwollav2 - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-v2-python

request_body = {
  '_links': {
    'customer': {
      'href': 'https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/707177c3-bf15-4e7e-b37c-55c3898d9bf4'
    }
  },
  'action': 'customer.update'
}

client_token = app_token.post('client-tokens', request_body)
client_token.body['token'] # => '4adF858jPeQ9RnojMHdqSD2KwsvmhO7Ti7cI5woOiBGCpH5krY'

Using dwollaswagger - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-swagger-php

$request_body = array (
  '_links' =>
  array (
    'customer' =>
    array (
      'href' => 'https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/8779a1f7-7a98-4a86-921e-83539f6c895e',
    ),
  ),
  'action' => 'customer.update'
);
$clientTokensApi = new DwollaSwagger\TokensApi($apiClient);
$clientToken = $clientTokensApi->clientTokens($request_body);

Using dwolla_v2 - https://github.com/Dwolla/dwolla-v2-ruby

request_body = {
  :_links => {
    :customer => {
      :href => "https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/707177c3-bf15-4e7e-b37c-55c3898d9bf4"
    }
  },
  :action => "customer.update"
}

client_token = app_token.post "client-tokens", request_body
client_token.token # => "4adF858jPeQ9RnojMHdqSD2KwsvmhO7Ti7cI5woOiBGCpH5krY"

Response Codes

• 200

{
  "token": "4adF858jPeQ9RnojMHdqSD2KwsvmhO7Ti7cI5woOiBGCpH5krY"
}

• 400

{
  "code": "BadRequest",
  "message": "The request body contains bad syntax or is incomplete."
}

• 403

{
  "code": "Forbidden",
  "message": "The supplied credentials are not authorized for this resource."
}

Authorizations

Authorization string header required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Headers

• Accept
  • enum
  • default:application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
  • required
  • The media type of the response. Must be application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json

Body

• action
  • string required
  • A granular permission for the Customer performing an action within a drop-in component

Example:

"customer.update"

• _links
  • object required

Response

• 200

application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json

Client token created successfully

• token

  • string required
  • The client token that can be used with drop-in components

  Example:

  "4adF858jPeQ9RnojMHdqSD2KwsvmhO7Ti7cI5woOiBGCpH5krY"