REST ClientCompatTokens

create

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Create a new API token.

Path parameters

AccountSidstringRequiredformat: "uuid"
The unique identifier for the project you want to use to authenticate this request.

Request

namestringRequired>=1 character
The name representing the project API token.
permissionslist of stringsRequired
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_idstringOptionalformat: "uuid"
The unique identifier of the subproject you would like to create a token for. Must belong to the parent project.

Response

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"
The unique identifier of the created API Token.
namestringRequired>=1 character
The name of the created API Token.
permissionslist of stringsRequired
The permissions enabled for this token.
tokenstringRequired
The API token that can be used along with the project ID for basic authentication.

Response Example

Response
1{
2  "id": "ea14556a-984f-11ee-b9d1-0242ac120002",
3  "name": "John Doe's Token",
4  "permissions": [
5    "calling",
6    "fax",
7    "messaging"
8  ],
9  "token": "PT037258e533e87ac63174ee136ed0798dc85d4f4f9e6d7191"
10}

Example

1from signalwire.rest import RestClient
2
3client = RestClient(
4    project="your-project-id",
5    token="your-api-token",
6    host="your-space.signalwire.com",
7)
8
9token = client.compat.tokens.create(name="my-token", permissions=["voice", "messaging"])