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# Authenticate using password grant type

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  ### Password grant type usage

  Authentication via the `password` grant type relies on your Dailymotion credentials. - **If you update your credentials, please ensure you also update your API authentication workflow accordingly.**
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To authenticate against the Platform API using the `password` grant type flow, pass in the Dailymotion login credentials (username and password) along with the API key and secret generated in step 1.

Make a `POST` request to <https://api.dailymotion.com/oauth/token> endpoint and include the following parameters:

* `grant_type`: set `to password` to specify the grant type flow.
* `client_id`: the API key from [step 1](https://developers.dailymotion.com/v0/docs/authenticate#1---create-an-api-key).
* `client_secret`: the API secret from [step 1](https://developers.dailymotion.com/v0/docs/authenticate#1---create-an-api-key).
* `username`: the username of the Dailymotion channel you want to access.
* `password`: the password of the Dailymotion channel you want to access.
* `scope`: needs to be defined for specific permissions or access rights (read more about <Anchor target="_blank" href="https://developers.dailymotion.com/v0/reference/api-scopes#/">scopes</Anchor>)

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