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Version: v2.5.0

Personal Access Tokens

You can use a personal access token to call open API.

In this article, you will learn how to create, use, modify and delete personal access token.

About personal access tokens​

Only users with root role can list all personal access tokens.

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Create personal access token​

Click the ADD PERSONAL ACCESS TOKENS button to create personal access token.

Name: Set your token a descriptive name.

Description: Set a description.

Expiration: Set your token an expiration.

Scopes: Select the access permissions for the token.

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Click SAVE and copy the token and store it. For your security, it doesn't display again.

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Update personal access token​

Click personal access token name and update your personal access token.

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Delete personal access token​

Click DELETE and delete your personal access token.

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Use personal access token​

Add personal access token to Authorization header​

Step 1: Open Postman, and import postman_collection.json.

Step 2: Click Open API in the sidebar.

Step 3: Click Authorization and select Bearer Token, paste personal access token in Token.

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Step 4: Click Headers, check whether Authorization is added to Headers.

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Step 5: Click Send button to initiate a request.

Step 6: If successful, it means that the call to the open API is completed through the personal access token.

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Add personal access token to URL query parameter​

Step 1: Open Postman, and import postman_collection.json.

Step 2: Click Open API in the sidebar.

Step 3: Add access_token=your_personal_access_token to URL query parameter.

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Step 4: Click Send button to initiate a request.

Step 5: If successful, it means that the call to the open API is completed through the personal access token.

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