How to get token for ActiveCollab V5?

Using the URL "https://www.activecollab.com/" to create a "Free Trial" account for ActiveCollab version5.For that, you need to pass the "Your Name or Organization, Email and Password".

Send a POST request to "https://my.activecollab.com/api/v1/external/login" with "email" and "password" as parameters.

Sample request

{
   "password":"xxxxxxxxxx",
   "email":"emailAddress"
}
  

Response

{
   "is_ok":true,
   "accounts":[
      {
         "url":"https://app.activecollab.com/134362",
         "name":"134362",
         "display_name":"vivek (ID: 134362)",
         "class":"FeatherApplicationInstance"
      }
   ],
   "user":{
      "first_name":"vive",
      "last_name":"siva",
      "intent":"O7NB7V96R0M48-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "avatar_url":null
   }
}
  

To obtain token, send the "https://app.activecollab.com/{ID}/api/v1/issue-token-intent?format=json" (replace the ID with your account ID which is obtained from the above response [E.g my ID is 134362 ]) with "intent", "client_vendor", and "client_name" as parameters where the intent is obtained from the previous response, client_vendor is the value of the "Your Name or Organization" which is used when we create an account and client_name is the name of the client and you can use any string.

Sample request

{
   "intent":"O7NB7V96R0M48-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
   "client_vendor":"vivek",
   "client_name":"abc"
}
 

Response

{
   "is_ok":true,
   "token":"1-5GaNICEMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
 

Using the token, you can access the activecollab resources by making API calls. Sample API call to get user information Send a GET request to "https://app.activecollab.com/{ID}/api/v1/users/{userID}" with header "X-Angie-AuthApiToken 1-5GaNICEMxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

Response

{
   "single":{
      "id":1,
      "class":"Owner",
      "url_path":"/users/1",
      "is_archived":false,
      "is_trashed":false,
      "trashed_on":null,
      "trashed_by_id":0,
      "created_on":1474530288,
      "created_by_id":1,
      "updated_on":1476109011,
      "language_id":1,
      "first_name":"vive",
      "last_name":"siva",
      "display_name":"vive siva",
      "short_display_name":"vive s.",
      "email":"vsvivevives@gmail.com",
      "is_email_at_example":false,
      "additional_email_addresses":[
         
      ],
      "is_pending_activation":false,
      "avatar_url":"https://app.activecollab.com/134362/proxy.php?proxy=avatar&module=system&v=5.11.13&b=DEV&user_id=1&size=--SIZE--&timestamp=1476109011",
      "custom_permissions":[
         
      ],
      "company_id":1,
      "title":"",
      "phone":"",
      "im_type":"",
      "im_handle":""
   }
}