Authorize an Instacart user for account linking

POST /v2/fulfillment_sandbox/instacart_users/{user_id}/authorize

Authorizes an Instacart user for account linking.

Security

Name	In	Description
Authorization	header	The Authorization header with the bearer token acquired during authentication.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
user_id	path	integer		The ID of the Instacart user created through FulfillmentSandbox.CreateInstacartUser endpoint.

Request

Field	Type	Required	Description
redirect_uri	string		The redirect URI when the authorization code was generated.
scope	string		The OAuth2 scopes needed for authoriation.
code_challenge_method	string		The code challenge method.
code_challenge	string		The code challenge.

Request examples

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment_sandbox/instacart_users/{user_id}/authorize' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "redirect_uri": "string",
  "scope": "string",
  "code_challenge_method": "string",
  "code_challenge": "string"
}'

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment_sandbox/instacart_users/{user_id}/authorize")
  .header("Accept", "application/json")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("{\n  \"redirect_uri\": \"string\",\n  \"scope\": \"string\",\n  \"code_challenge_method\": \"string\",\n  \"code_challenge\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("connect.instacart.com")

payload = "{\n  \"redirect_uri\": \"string\",\n  \"scope\": \"string\",\n  \"code_challenge_method\": \"string\",\n  \"code_challenge\": \"string\"\n}"

headers = {
    'Accept': "application/json",
    'Content-Type': "application/json",
    'Authorization': "Bearer <token>"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/v2/fulfillment_sandbox/instacart_users/{user_id}/authorize", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment_sandbox/instacart_users/{user_id}/authorize"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"redirect_uri\": \"string\",\n  \"scope\": \"string\",\n  \"code_challenge_method\": \"string\",\n  \"code_challenge\": \"string\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
code	string		The authorization code that can be exchanged for access token.

Response examples

200 Success

200 Authorization code created

{
  "code": "zth2LONsv7xVq76ocOcS9ZYwc_eZLdDNX74Z9gSgilk"
}

4XX Errors

Error responses return either a single error or multiple errors.

HTTP Code	Cause	Error Message	Error Code	Error Meta
400	Invalid user_id	"Invalid user_id"	1001	{"key":"user_id"}