---
title: Get AWS credentials to access experimentation events export data.
slug: feature-experimentation/api/get-aws-credentials-to-access-experimentation-events-export-data
docTags:
createdAt: 2026-10-01T19:58:02.336Z
---
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"data": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://api.optimizely.com/v2/export/credentials",
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.optimizely.com/v2/export/credentials"
}
],
"name": "Get AWS credentials to access experimentation events export data.",
"description": "Get temporary credentials for experimentation events export data hosted on AWS.",
"contentType": "application/json",
"request": {
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"headerParameters": [
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"name": "accept",
"type": "string",
"kind": "optional",
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"queryParameters": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"name": "duration",
"type": "string",
"description": "Duration of the AWS credentials token. Use [H,h] for hours or [M,m] for minutes. Minimum is 15m and Maximum is 1h. Usage 1h.
",
"default": "1h"
}
],
"bodyDataParameters": [],
"formDataParameters": [],
"oAuthParameters": [
{
"id": "apiKey",
"name": "apiKey",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "http",
"scheme": "bearer"
},
{
"id": "OAuth2",
"name": "OAuth2",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "oauth2",
"description": "Write applications that authenticate with the REST API via OAuth 2.0. Or, to authenticate using a personal token, see https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/web/docs/personal-token
",
"oauth2Flows": {
"authorizationCode": {
"authorizationUrl": "https://app.optimizely.com/oauth2/authorize",
"tokenUrl": "https://app.optimizely.com/oauth2/token",
"scopes": {
"all": "Full access to your account"
}
}
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"requiredScopes": [
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"write"
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"cookieParameters": []
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"responses": [
{
"statusCode": "200",
"description": "Return AWS credentials",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "E3Credentials",
"schema": [
{
"name": "credentials",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "Credentials item containing information on access key and secrets",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/CredentialsItem",
"customType": "CredentialsItem",
"schema": [
{
"name": "accessKeyId",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "AWS access key",
"example": "ASIA5QMPA3WZQJNOABC"
},
{
"name": "expiration",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "integer",
"description": "expiration time of the token in epoch time",
"example": 1591026407394,
"format": "int64"
},
{
"name": "secretAccessKey",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "AWS secret access key",
"example": "1234567qzerHJDWdIDGixoTYfqC1dZp"
},
{
"name": "sessionToken",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "AWS session token",
"example": "FwoGZXIvYXdzEOT//////////wEaDH6J"
}
]
},
{
"name": "s3Path",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "s3 path of the enriched events dataset of the account",
"example": "s3://optimizely-events-data/v1/account_id=123123123"
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/E3Credentials",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
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"statusCode": "400",
"description": "Bad Request",
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"isExpanded": true,
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"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "Error",
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"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
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"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
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},
{
"name": "uuid",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "uuid"
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
{
"statusCode": "401",
"description": "Invalid/Expired credentials
",
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"statusCode": "default",
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"language": "curl",
"label": "cURL",
"code": "curl --request GET \\\n --url 'https://api.optimizely.com/v2/export/credentials?duration=1h' \\\n --header 'accept: application/json'"
},
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"language": "javascript",
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"code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'GET',\n headers: myHeaders,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"https://api.optimizely.com/v2/export/credentials?duration=1h\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
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"language": "ruby",
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"code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://api.optimizely.com/v2/export/credentials?duration=1h\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
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"code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://api.optimizely.com/v2/export/credentials?duration=1h\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"GET\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
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"id": "response-0-200",
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"code": "// Return AWS credentials\n{\n \"credentials\": {\n \"accessKeyId\": \"ASIA5QMPA3WZQJNOABC\",\n \"expiration\": 1591026407394,\n \"secretAccessKey\": \"1234567qzerHJDWdIDGixoTYfqC1dZp\",\n \"sessionToken\": \"FwoGZXIvYXdzEOT//////////wEaDH6J\"\n },\n \"s3Path\": \"s3://optimizely-events-data/v1/account_id=123123123\"\n}"
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{
"id": "response-2-401",
"language": "401",
"code": "// Invalid/Expired credentials\n{\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"message\": \"\",\n \"messages\": {},\n \"uuid\": \"\"\n}"
},
{
"id": "response-3-default",
"language": "default",
"code": "// Unexpected error\n{\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"message\": \"\",\n \"messages\": {},\n \"uuid\": \"\"\n}"
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