Commit 02cbbd21 authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read

Merge branch 'jhyson/doorkeeper_docs' into 'master'

Update OAuth2 token info API docs to be clearer

Closes #207064

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!25416
parents b456071f c8e57aed
......@@ -215,21 +215,24 @@ curl --header "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH-TOKEN" https://gitlab.example.com/api
## Retrieving the Token Info
To verify the details of a token you can call the `token/info` endpoint. This is provided from the doorkeeper gem (see [`/oauth/token/info`](https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper/wiki/API-endpoint-descriptions-and-examples#get----oauthtokeninfo)).
To verify the details of a token, use the `token/info` endpoint provided by the Doorkeeper gem.
For more information, see [`/oauth/token/info`](https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper/wiki/API-endpoint-descriptions-and-examples#get----oauthtokeninfo).
You will need to supply the access token, either as a parameter
You must supply the access token, either:
```
GET https://gitlab.example.com/oauth/token/info?access_token=OAUTH-TOKEN
```
- As a parameter:
Or in the Authorization header:
```
GET https://gitlab.example.com/oauth/token/info?access_token=<OAUTH-TOKEN>
```
```
curl --header "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH-TOKEN" https://gitlab.example.com/oauth/token/info
```
- In the Authorization header:
You will receive the following in response:
```shell
curl --header "Authorization: Bearer <OAUTH-TOKEN>" https://gitlab.example.com/oauth/token/info
```
The following is an example response:
```json
{
......@@ -241,5 +244,11 @@ You will receive the following in response:
}
```
CAUTION: **Deprecated fields:**
The fields `scopes` and `expires_in_seconds` are also included in the response. They are aliases for `scope` and `expires_in` respectively and have been included to prevent breaking changes introduced in [doorkeeper 5.0.2](https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper/wiki/Migration-from-old-versions#from-4x-to-5x). Please don't rely on these fields as they will be removed in a later release.
### Deprecated fields
The fields `scopes` and `expires_in_seconds` are included in the response.
These are aliases for `scope` and `expires_in` respectively, and have been included to
prevent breaking changes introduced in [doorkeeper 5.0.2](https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper/wiki/Migration-from-old-versions#from-4x-to-5x).
Don't rely on these fields as they will be removed in a later release.
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