Generate Access Token

Preparation

In order to create an Access Token, you first need to get the following:

• A valid API key. Read more on Managing API Keys.
• The PCI Booking certificate's public key. You can download the certificate and the public key from our web site:
  • Please disregard the error message displayed. Access to this page is solely for downloading the certificate.
  • Follow the instructions for downloading the certificate in your browser:
    • Internet Explorer
    • Chrome v.55 and above
    • Chrome v.54 and below
    • Mozilla Firefox

Generating the Access Token

The process involves 3 steps:

1. Generate a data block.
   • The data block is comprised of the following items:
     • An API key.
     • A GUID: a unique string, up to 64 printable ASCII characters, must not include "#."
     • An expiration time [absolute time in GMT], no earlier than 10 seconds from the current time and no later than one hour from the current time.
2. Encrypt the data block (to an encrypted byte array).
3. Stringify the encrypted byte array.

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The time should be in ISO 8601 format.

This data block has the following structure:
<APIKey>/#<GUID>/#<Expiration Time>

Example:
bd3ce883352e42539a2b7644f72e63aa#123459876543#2017-12-15T07:36:25Z

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Available code samples

View our code samples to generate an Access Token here.