Create API token
POST/api/admin/api-tokens
Create an API token of a specific type: one of client, admin, frontend.
Request
- application/json
Body
required
createApiTokenSchema
- MOD1
- MOD2
- MOD3
- MOD4
oneOf
The time when this token should expire.
2023-07-04T11:26:24+02:00An admin token. Must be the string "admin" (not case sensitive).
Possible values: Value must match regular expression ^[Aa][Dd][Mm][Ii][Nn]$
adminThe name of the token.
token-64522The time when this token should expire.
2023-07-04T11:26:24+02:00An admin token. Must be the string "admin" (not case sensitive).
Possible values: Value must match regular expression ^[Aa][Dd][Mm][Ii][Nn]$
adminThe name of the token. This property was deprecated in v5. Use tokenName instead.
token-64523The time when this token should expire.
2023-07-04T11:26:24+02:00A client or frontend token. Must be one of the strings "client" or "frontend" (not case sensitive).
Possible values: Value must match regular expression ^([Cc][Ll][Ii][Ee][Nn][Tt]|[Ff][Rr][Oo][Nn][Tt][Ee][Nn][Dd])$
frontendThe environment that the token should be valid for. Defaults to "default"
developmentThe project that the token should be valid for. Defaults to "*" meaning every project. This property is mutually incompatible with the projects property. If you specify one, you cannot specify the other.
project-851A list of projects that the token should be valid for. This property is mutually incompatible with the project property. If you specify one, you cannot specify the other.
["project-851","project-852"]The name of the token.
token-64522The time when this token should expire.
2023-07-04T11:26:24+02:00A client or frontend token. Must be one of the strings "client" or "frontend" (not case sensitive).
Possible values: Value must match regular expression ^([Cc][Ll][Ii][Ee][Nn][Tt]|[Ff][Rr][Oo][Nn][Tt][Ee][Nn][Dd])$
frontendThe environment that the token should be valid for. Defaults to "default"
developmentThe project that the token should be valid for. Defaults to "*" meaning every project. This property is mutually incompatible with the projects property. If you specify one, you cannot specify the other.
project-851A list of projects that the token should be valid for. This property is mutually incompatible with the project property. If you specify one, you cannot specify the other.
["project-851","project-852"]The name of the token. This property was deprecated in v5. Use tokenName instead.
token-64523Responses
- 201
- 401
- 403
- 415
The resource was successfully created.
Response Headers
location
string
The location of the newly created resource.
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
The token used for authentication.
project:environment.xyzrandomstringThis property was deprecated in Unleash v5. Prefer the tokenName property instead.
a-nameA unique name for this particular token
some-userThe type of API token
Possible values: [client, admin, frontend]
clientThe environment the token has access to. * if it has access to all environments.
developmentThe project this token belongs to.
developerexperienceThe list of projects this token has access to. If the token has access to specific projects they will be listed here. If the token has access to all projects it will be represented as [*]
["developerexperience","enterprisegrowth"]The token's expiration date. NULL if the token doesn't have an expiration set.
2023-04-19T08:15:14.000ZWhen the token was created.
2023-04-19T08:15:14.000ZWhen the token was last seen/used to authenticate with. NULL if the token has not yet been used for authentication.
2023-04-19T08:15:14.000ZAlias is no longer in active use and will often be NULL. It's kept around as a way of allowing old proxy tokens created with the old metadata format to keep working.
randomid-or-some-alias{
"secret": "project:environment.xyzrandomstring",
"tokenName": "some-user",
"type": "client",
"environment": "development",
"project": "developerexperience",
"projects": [
"developerexperience",
"enterprisegrowth"
],
"expiresAt": "2023-04-19T08:15:14.000Z",
"createdAt": "2023-04-19T08:15:14.000Z",
"seenAt": "2023-04-19T08:15:14.000Z",
"alias": "randomid-or-some-alias"
}
Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API token as the authorization header, e.g. authorization:*.*.my-admin-token.
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
The ID of the error instance
9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008The name of the error kind
AuthenticationRequiredA description of what went wrong.
You must log in to use Unleash. Your request had no authorization header, so we could not authorize you. Try logging in at /auth/simple/login.{
"id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
"name": "AuthenticationRequired",
"message": "You must log in to use Unleash. Your request had no authorization header, so we could not authorize you. Try logging in at /auth/simple/login."
}
The provided user credentials are valid, but the user does not have the necessary permissions to perform this operation
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
The ID of the error instance
9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008The name of the error kind
NoAccessErrorA description of what went wrong.
You need the "UPDATE_ADDON" permission to perform this action in the "development" environment.{
"id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
"name": "NoAccessError",
"message": "You need the \"UPDATE_ADDON\" permission to perform this action in the \"development\" environment."
}
The operation does not support request payloads of the provided type. Please ensure that you're using one of the listed payload types and that you have specified the right content type in the "content-type" header.
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
The ID of the error instance
9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008The name of the error kind
ContentTypeerrorA description of what went wrong.
We do not accept the content-type you provided (application/xml). Try using one of the content-types we do accept instead (application/json) and make sure the body is in the corresponding format.{
"id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
"name": "ContentTypeerror",
"message": "We do not accept the content-type you provided (application/xml). Try using one of the content-types we do accept instead (application/json) and make sure the body is in the corresponding format."
}