---
title: "Authenticate with the Talent API."
method: POST
path: "/auth"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Authenticate with the Talent API.

`POST /auth`

Authenticate with the Talent API. After authenticating with your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key, you will receive an Access Token that can be used to authorize all subsequent requests by including the header <code>Authorization: Bearer {access_token}.</code>

## Request body

- Credentials — Authentication request body.
  - `client_id` string, required
  - `client_secret` string, required
  - `scope` string
  - `type` 'client' | 'user' — Type of Authentication request.

## Response `200`

r_description

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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