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Tokens

Generate a new API Token

Generate an API Token for a project to be used to authenticate requests within the project.

Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: Management.

Learn more about API scopes.

post/Accounts/{AccountSid}/tokens

Path parameters

AccountSidstring uuid required

Universal Unique Identifier.

The unique identifier for the project you want to use to authenticate this request.

Response

The request has succeeded.

idstring uuid required

Universal Unique Identifier.

namestring required

The name of the created API Token.

permissionsstring[] required

The permissions enabled for this token.

tokenstring required

The API token that can be used along with the project ID for basic authentication.

Example response

{
  "name": "John Doe's Token",
  "permissions": [
    "calling",
    "fax",
    "messaging"
  ],
  "token": "PT037258e533e87ac63174ee136ed0798dc85d4f4f9e6d7191"
}