The access token provides a session between a client (in this tutorial, Postman) and Oracle Identity Cloud Service. To make API calls to Oracle Identity Cloud Service, you must authenticate your client against Oracle Identity Cloud Service, and then obtain an OAuth access token.
In the Import dialog box, select Import From Link, paste the following GitHub environment variables URL into the box, and then click Import:.Set the Environment Parameters in Postman Click Activate, and then click Activate Application.In the Application Added dialog box, copy the Client ID and the Client Secret to a text file, and then click Close.Click Next in the Client pane and in the following panes until you reach the last pane.In the Add App Role dialog window, select Identity Domain Administrator in the list, and then click Add.Scroll down, and click the Add button below Grant the client access to Identity Cloud Service Admin APIs.Select Configure this application as a client now, and then, in the Authorization section that appears, select only Client Credentials as the Allowed Grant Type.
In the App Details section on the Add Trusted Application page, enter an application name and description, and then click Next.In the Add Application dialog box, select Trusted Application or Confidential Application.In the Oracle Identity Cloud Service administration console, expand the Navigation Drawer, click Applications, and then click Add.This task also helps you determine which requests are authorized through the REST API. The credentials are equivalent to service credentials (ID and password) that your client uses to communicate with Oracle Identity Cloud Service. This task is required to obtain the credentials (Client ID and Client Secret) that are used for authentication in REST API calls. In this section, you register an application in Oracle Identity Cloud Service. REST samples in the idm-samples repository.If you use the Postman extension, the steps in this tutorial may be slightly different.) Native Postman client installed (This tutorial uses the native Postman extension because Google plans to end support for Chrome apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux users in late 2017.Familiarity with the REST architecture style.Access to Oracle Identity Cloud Service with the Identity Domain Administrator or Application Administrator roles.The APIs support the OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and System for Cross-Domain Identity Management. The Oracle Identity Cloud Service REST APIs provide a way to integrate Oracle Identity Cloud Service with REST clients so that they can manage users, groups, applications, and settings, and perform federated single sign-on (SSO) and authorization in the cloud. This tutorial takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.
This tutorial shows you how to make REST application programming interface (API) calls to Oracle Identity Cloud Service using Postman, software typically used for REST API tests.