App Access Tokens

App access tokens are used to make requests to the Threads API on behalf of an app rather than a user. Certain APIs require app access tokens instead of user access tokens, such as the oEmbed API.

Generating an app access token

To generate an app access token, you need:

• Your Threads app ID
• Your Threads app secret

Example request

 curl -X GET https://graph.threads.net/oauth/access_token   ?client_id=<APP_ID>   &client_secret=<APP_SECRET>   &grant_type=client_credentials 

Example response

 {   "access_token": "TH|<APP_ID>|<ACCESS_TOKEN>",   "token_type": "bearer" } 

This call will return an app access token that can be used in place of a user access token to make API calls as noted above.

Alternate method

There is another method to make calls to the Threads API on behalf of an app which doesn't require using a generated app access token. You can just pass your app ID and app secret as the access_token parameter when you make a call.

Example request

 curl -X GET https://graph.threads.net/<API_ENDPOINT>   ?access_tokens=TH|<APP_ID>|<APP_SECRET>&... 

The choice to use a generated access token or this method depends on where you hide your app secret.