To consume all the public RudderStack APIs, you need an access token associated with your RudderStack account. This guide describes the steps to generate a personal access token and the operations associated with it.
You can create and use the personal access tokens with the permissions specific to your role type. For example, Read-only users can create access tokens with only read-only privileges, Read-Write users with read-only and read-write privileges, and Admin users with all the privileges.
Generating a personal access token
Follow these steps to generate a personal access token:
- Log into your RudderStack dashboard.
- Go to Settings and scroll down to Personal access tokens under the Account tab.
- Click the Generate new token button, as shown:
- Enter the Token name and select the Role (access permissions) from the dropdown:
For more information on the Read-Only, Read-Write, and Admin permissions, refer to the User Management guide.
- Then, click Generate.
- Copy and save the personal access token details securely.
Make sure you copy the generated token as it will not be visible again once you close this window.
Deleting a personal access token
To delete an existing token, click the corresponding Delete option next to that token, and confirm by clicking Yes, delete.
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