🔐Authentication Options

Some API requests require you to authenticate with a Bearer token in the authorization header. Ellipsis Drive has three types of tokens that you can use to authenticate with. Do mind that using layers whose sharing status is on public or link sharing does not require a token!

• User Token: Click here to know how you can generate the user token. A user token grants access to all a user has permission to.

• OAuth token: Click here to see how to setup OAuth for your app. An OAuth token grants access to all content of a user, only shielding away some of it's security settings.

• Access Tokens: Click here to see the details about creating and revoking access tokens. An Access token gives access to the specific folder(s) or layer(s) that the token has been created for.

Tokens can be generated via the API, but they can also be generated using the Python and R libraries. For a personal access token see this link and for a user token see this link. When you have an app that needs access to someone's account we recommend setting up OAuth. You can however also obtain a user token directly by referring a user to https://app.ellipsis-drive.com/logIn?referer={your app url}. When doing this the user will be asked to login to his/her account and will be referred back to your app with a token in the url. This flow is easier to set up as it requires no back end from your side.