Authenticating with the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics REST API Server

REST APIs use JWT based authentication tokens and they are passed with each request using header option Authentication with value Bearer JWT_Token where JWT_Token is the access_token obtained using Token Request API.

The token request API expects a valid credential of VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user. On successful authentication, The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics REST API Server will return two types of JWT Tokens.

• access_token: A short lived JWT token to be used in header for all protected endpoint on the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics REST API Server

• refresh_token: A long lived JWT Token to be used to refresh the access_token either before or after the expiry of current access_token.

Token expiry time will be part of the response received for Token Request/Refresh request.

Some of the APIs can be used only by a user with SHD Administrator role. These endpoints will return HTTP Error 403 when accessed by a user without SHD Administrator role.