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# Generate a new API Token

POST https://YOUR_SPACE.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/tokens
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Creates a project API token for server-side REST authentication within the project. It remains usable until you delete it or remove required permissions. Client applications should receive a service-specific Chat, PubSub, Room, or Subscriber Token instead.For the SignalWire REST API's project route, use [Create API token](/docs/apis/rest/project-tokens/create-token).The response is the only place the token secret is returned. No later request, including [Update an API Token](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/tokens/update-token), can read it back. If you lose it, delete the token and create a new one.#### PermissionsThe API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: *Management*.[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

Reference: https://signalwire.com/docs/compatibility-api/rest/tokens/create-token

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — SignalWire Basic Authentication using Project ID and API Token. The client sends HTTP requests with the Authorization header containing the word Basic followed by a space and a base64-encoded string of project_id:token. The project ID will be used as the username and the API token as the password. Example: ``` Authorization: Basic base64(project_id:token) ```

## Request

### Path parameters

- `AccountSid` (string, required) — The unique identifier for the project you want to use to authenticate this request.

### Body (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)

This endpoint expects a CreateTokenRequest.

- `name` (string, required) — The name representing the project API token.
- `permissions` (list of string, required) — The permissions you would like to enable for this project API token. Valid permissions are: calling, chat, datasphere, fax, management, messaging, numbers, pubsub, storage, tasking, and video.
- `subproject_id` (string, optional) — The unique identifier of the subproject you would like to create a token for. Must belong to the parent project.

## Response

### 200

The request has succeeded.

- `id` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the API Token.
- `name` (string, required) — The name of the API Token.
- `permissions` (list of string, required) — The permissions enabled for this token.
- `token` (string, required) — The API token secret, used as the password in HTTP Basic auth alongside the project ID. Returned only in this response and cannot be retrieved again; store it securely.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request was invalid or cannot be processed. Check the error details for more information.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication failed. Please verify your credentials and try again.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

The token request could not be processed due to validation errors. Check the error details for the specific issue.

- `type` (string, optional) — Error type.
- `code` (string, optional) — Error code.
- `message` (string, optional) — Error message.
- `attribute` (string, optional) — Request parameter associated with this error.
- `url` (string, optional) — Link to developer resource for this error.

## Examples

**Request**

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

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "ea14556a-984f-11ee-b9d1-0242ac120002",
  "name": "John Doe's Token",
  "permissions": [
    "calling",
    "fax",
    "messaging"
  ],
  "token": "swapi_0123456789ab0123456789ab0123456789ab"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens"

payload = ""
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers, auth=("<project_id>", "<api_token>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens';
const credentials = btoa("<project_id>:<api_token>");

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  },
  body: new URLSearchParams('')
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens")
  .basicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens', [
  'form_params' => null,
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
  ],
    'auth' => ['<project_id>', '<api_token>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<project_id>", "<api_token>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);

request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<project_id>:<api_token>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)",
  "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/tokens")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```