Authentication Types

To access the Chronomics API, most calls require you to be authenticated via a token. This can either be:

• an Access token if you are authenticating as a partner and want to access all your users' data
• OAuth if you are building a publicly accessible application where users access their own data

Access Tokens

You should use access tokens if:

• You are a Chronomics partner
• You want to access the API from your backend (the token must be kept secure)
• You want to programmatically access your users' data

OAuth

You should use OAuth if:

• You want users to only be able to access their own data
• You want to access the API from your front-end