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diff --git a/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md b/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md index 977773a08..dc5f2022d 100644 --- a/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md +++ b/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ From these two, you will need to acquire an access token. It is possible to do u curl -X POST -d "client_id=CLIENT_ID_HERE&client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET_HERE&grant_type=password&username=YOUR_EMAIL&password=YOUR_PASSWORD" -Ss https://mastodon.social/oauth/token -The response will be a JSON object containing the key `access_token`. Use that token in any API requests by setting a header like this: +The `/oauth/token` path will attempt to login with the given credentials, and then retrieve the access token for the current user. If the login failed the response will be a 302 redirect to `/auth/sign_in`. Otherwise the response will be a JSON object containing the key `access_token`. + +Use that token in any API requests by setting a header like this: curl --header "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE" -sS https://mastodon.social/api/statuses/home |