---
title: "Obtain A Request Token"
method: POST
path: "/oauth/request_token"
tags: ["tradingOAuth10A"]
---

# Obtain A Request Token

`POST /oauth/request_token`

Request a temporary token as a third party to begin the OAuth 1.0a authorization workflow.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string

## Response `200`

Success response with temporary OAuth access token

- TradingOAuth10aReqTempTokenResponse200
  - `oauth_token` string — Temporary OAuth access token. 20 character hex value.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing, invalid, or unparseable Authorization token.
- `503` — service is unavailable. For example if request takes more than 10s due to some internal service unavailability, request aborted and this status returned

---

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