---
title: "Scripting Recipe Catchpoint REST API Transaction"
slug: "scripting-recipe-catchpoint-rest-api-transaction"
updated: 2023-03-07T16:59:09Z
published: 2023-03-07T16:59:09Z
---

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# Scripting Recipe Catchpoint REST API Transaction

## Objective

This article will give you an example of how to create an API transaction script to access the Catchpoint Rest API.

## Prerequisites

- Access to Catchpoint portal
- Access to Catchpoint Rest API.
- Consumer Key and Secret. [Learn how to generate Key and Secret.](https://docs.catchpoint.com/docs/rest-api-gude)

## Process

- Login to the portal.
- Create an API transaction test.  

![Pic_7.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/4402389410189-Pic_7.png)
- Copy/paste the script given below to the script editor.  

![Pic_8.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/4402389482765-Pic_8.png)
- Click Save

## Script:

**NOTE**:*You will need to change the key and secret values to point to a different account.*

```
// Step - 1
open("https://io.catchpoint.com/ui/api/token")
setNavigatePostData("grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=<ClientIDHere>&client_secret=<ClientSecretHere>")
var token = ${extract('resp-content','regexp:access_token":"([a-zA-Z0-9]+\S+)"')}; var tokenEncoded = ${base64("${var(token)}")};

// Step - 2
//The request will pull the nodes' information
open(https://io.catchpoint.com/ui/api/v1/nodes)
setHeader("authorization", "Bearer ${var(tokenEncoded)}")
```