---
title: authentication
slug: neurons-api/fWNk-authentication
createdAt: 2026-08-19T08:34:10.124Z
---

The authentication endpoint enables you to retrieve the JWT access token and the expiration time.

### HTTP Method

GET

### Request URI

https\://\<hostname>/api/patch/content/v1/authentication

### Header Parameters

Unless stated, these parameters are mandatory.

| Name           | Type   | Description                                                                                                                   |
| -------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Authorization  | Bearer | Contains Ivanti Neurons JWT bearer token issued by login app.                                                                 |
| X-ClientScope  | String | The scope (assigned role) of the authentication request. If left empty, default read-only permissions are applied. (Optional) |
| X-ClientSecret | String | The client secret used during app registration.                                                                               |
| X-TenantId     | String | The registered tenant ID.                                                                                                     |
| X-ClientId     | String | The requesting client ID.                                                                                                     |

### Example Response

```bash
{
  "access_token": "string",
  "expires_in": 0,
  "scope": "string",
  "token_type": "string"
}
```

### Output Data Properties

The following set of data items represent an authentication result that will be returned as part of a successful authentication\_get response.

| Name          | Type    | Format | Description                                            |
| ------------- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| access\_token | String  |        | The JWT access token.                                  |
| expires\_in   | Integer | Int32  | The expiration time, in seconds.                       |
| scope         | String  |        | The assigned scope (role) of the authentication token. |
| token\_type   | String  |        | The type of token. The default is Bearer.              |