The following is a summary of questions and answers from the Okta Workflows community office hours on Thursday, April 24, 2025. I edit questions for clarity. Read past office hours’ questions and answers.

Office hours questions and answers

I have a question about authenticating to an API using the API connector. The API does not support sending client credentials in the body of the request; it expects them in the header.

Create a connector in the Connector Builder that supports sending client credentials in the header.

This is the second part of the question.

Additionally, there is no refresh endpoint, making it useless to create a custom connector because the session ends after about an hour. We are trying to request the token endpoint to generate the access token, which we will then use to make our actual request.

An API connector you build in the Connector Builder will attempt to renew the access token automatically. You can also add custom logic inside the connector to renew the token if it doesn’t happen automatically.

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