Ecommerce API tokens and OAuth API tokens

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This section provides comprehensive information on Ecommerce API tokens and OAuth API tokens you need to test and integrate with the Clover Ecommerce APIs for secure and efficient payment processing. The topics covered are:

Topic	Description
Create Ecommerce API tokens	Use to integrate online payments with your ecommerce website. You can create public and private keys (API tokens) in either the production or sandbox environment. This is helpful for authentication API requests for a single merchant integration.
Generate an OAuth API token or `access_token`	Use to complete the Ecommerce API authorization flow for an Ecommerce app intended for multiple merchants. This token grants your app the necessary permissions to access the merchant’s data. The OAuth API token is used to generate the Ecommerce API key that is then used to secure communication between the app and the merchant’s account. For prerequisite and steps, see: - Generate OAuth API token with the legacy v1/OAuth flow - Generate expiring access and refresh token pair with the v2/OAuth flow - Use refresh token to generate new expiring token
Generate an Ecommerce API key (PAKMS key)	Use to complete the v2/OAuth flow and identify the merchant who is using the Ecommerce tokenization service. This key is unique to each merchant and does not expire. For more information, see Ecommerce tokenization overview.