Authenticating to the Vonage Business Communications APIs

To authenticate with VBC APIs you will need a VBC integration user. You will use this user account to create an access token.

Create a VBC integration user

• Login to VBC with your admin user account
  • https://admin.vonage.com
• Go to Phone System > Users
  • Click Add New
  • Enter a first name API
  • Enter a last name USER
  • Enter a username with your VBC account number, for example: api_user_999999
  • Enter an email address
  • Select User Type Account Administrator
  • Select User does not need an extension
  • Click save
• Search for the newly created user and click the edit button
  • Click Update Password
  • Enter a strong password with a minimum 20 characters, irregular capitalization, special characters, and at least one numeral.
  • Click update
• If using SSO on your VBC account
  • Uncheck Enable single sign-on for this user
  • Click save