# POST/ access-request API

**URL:** <https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/post-access-request-api/1055>\
**Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/post-access-request-api/1055 "2021-07-26T10:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ritu\_Raj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a4c791/32.png) [@Ritu\_Raj](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/Ritu_Raj)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/post-access-request-api/1055/1 "2021-07-26T10:48:52Z")

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Hi All, What kind of OAuth 2.0 do we need to use to call this API?

Thanks in Advance.

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**Author:** ![tom\_bui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@tom\_bui](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/tom_bui)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/post-access-request-api/1055/2 "2021-07-26T14:21:40Z")

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Hi @Ritu_Raj ,

I am assuming you mean what type of grant\_type of OAUTH 2.0?  
Per this documentation: [Sign In to Compass - Compass](https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/IdentityNow-Wiki/Best-Practices-IdentityNow-REST-API-Authentication/ta-p/79566)

- Authorization Code
- Refresh Token
- Client Credentials

I’ve personally gone the route with Personal Access Token and Client Credentials:  
[https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/IdentityNow-Wiki/Automating-IdentityNow-REST-API-Authorization-in-Postman/ta-p/163613](https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/IdentityNow-Wiki/Automating-IdentityNow-REST-API-Authorization-in-Postman/ta-p/163613)

Password has been deprecated per this announcement:  
[https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/SaaS-Updates/Deprecation-Notice-Password-Grant-Type/ba-p/194177](https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/SaaS-Updates/Deprecation-Notice-Password-Grant-Type/ba-p/194177)

-Tbui

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**Author:** ![colin\_mckibben](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/colin_mckibben/32/37182_2.png) [@colin\_mckibben](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/colin_mckibben)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/post-access-request-api/1055/3 "2021-07-26T14:28:16Z")

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Hey @Ritu_Raj,

Thank you for posting your question to the developer forum; hopefully the above is able to help! Let us know how it goes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/post-access-request-api/1055/4 "2023-07-19T14:21:56Z")

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