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# Authentication

To initiate any calls to the Redemptions API, the Merchant is required to first authenticate. This is done by calling the [authentication/getToken ](/6dot50-apis/redemptions-api/authentication/post-authentication-gettoken.md)operation.

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#### Token Expiry 

Tokens expire after 15 minutes and will need to be refreshed before any further calls can be made.
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