Unsure of how to use access_token and getting the customer's account id

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Hey Damian,

I just wanted to chime in just to make sure this thread has accurate information.

This article might be helpful if you haven’t read it already. Here are some key points.

A few important points:

  • When you create an App you get an API Key and a Client ID.
  • Using the Client ID you can generate an authorization code by redirecting to the /oauth2/authorize endpoint
  • With this authorization code you can generate an access token using the /oauth2/accesstoken endpoint. Note you will use your API Key in the client_secret field of this request.
  • When calling standard Yext APIs (e.g. /entities) with OAuth you should use the access_token NOT the api_key. The API Key is only used for getting an access token when you are using OAuth. In your API requests pass in access_token as the param instead of api_key. For example:
https://api.yext.com/v2/accounts/me/entities?access_token=&v=

Here is a diagram of the steps that also might be helpful.

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Let me know if you have any additional questions,
Max

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