Bearer token authorization

Authenticate SmartSight API requests with a bearer token.

Use bearer token authentication if your workflow signs in through SmartSight identity services.

Get a bearer token

Request a bearer token from the SmartSight identity server.

Token endpoint

POST https://identity.mediamelon.com/realms/mediamelon/protocol/openid-connect/token

Prerequisites

You need:

1. Your SmartSight username

2. Your SmartSight password

If you do not have SmartSight identity credentials, contact your MediaMelon representative.

Example request

curl 'https://identity.mediamelon.com/realms/mediamelon/protocol/openid-connect/token' \
-X POST \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'username=<email-id>' \
--data-urlencode 'password=<password>' \
--data-urlencode 'grant_type=password' \
--data-urlencode 'client_id=smartsight-backend' \
--data-urlencode 'scope=openid'

Required form fields

Field	Type	Description
username	string	Your SmartSight username
password	string	Your SmartSight password
grant_type	string	Must be password
client_id	string	Must be smartsight-backend
scope	string	Use openid

Example response

{
  "access_token": "<access_token>",
  "expires_in": 900,
  "refresh_expires_in": 1800,
  "refresh_token": "<refresh_token>",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "id_token": "<id_token>",
  "session_state": "<session_state>",
  "scope": "openid email profile"
}

Use the bearer token

Send the access_token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer <access_token>

Use the access_token for API requests. Refresh or re-request a token when it expires.

Example API request

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://smartsight3.mediamelon.com/mm-apis/metricquery/199493832?period=start=1775749920,end=1775836379&metrics=latency,viewercount&aggby=timestamp&granularity=hour&orderby=timestamp&order=asc' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>'