Authorizing Requests

When sending requests to the API endpoints, the request includes a header that contains an authorization code. The authorization code is acquired by sending a request to DisasterAWARE Enterprise API Authorization endpoint.

Please note, authorization tokens are valid for 15 mins, at which time you will need to request a new authorization token. The tokens are standard JWT tokens, therefore you can decode the token to review the expiration (exp) value. You can paste your token into https://jwt.io to inspect the token details.

Authorization API

URL	HTTP Verb	Functionality
/authorize	POST	Login with posting credentials to get access and refresh JSON Web Tokens

Obtain a JWT access token

post

Authenticate with username and password to receive a short-lived JWT access token (15-minute expiry) and a refresh token.

Body

application/json

usernamestringRequiredExample: [email protected]

passwordstring · passwordRequiredExample: s3cret

Responses

200

Authentication successful.

application/json

accessTokenstringOptional

Short-lived JWT access token (15-minute expiry).

Example: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...

refreshTokenstringOptional

Long-lived token used to obtain a new access token.

Example: dGhpcyBpcyBhIHJlZnJlc2ggdG9rZW4...

401

Invalid credentials.

application/json

post

/authorize

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /authorize HTTP/1.1
Host: api-v2.disasteraware.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 51

{
  "username": "[email protected]",
  "password": "s3cret"
}

{
  "accessToken": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...",
  "refreshToken": "dGhpcyBpcyBhIHJlZnJlc2ggdG9rZW4..."
}

Please use the provided credentials to complete this request. The response will include a JSON Web Token (JWT) that you will send with the Authorization request header in the following format:

{
    "Authorization": "Bearer <insert-json-web-token>"
}

For more information about JWT please visit jwt.io