Creating API access tokens

Overview

This topic explains how to create API access tokens to authenticate with the LaunchDarkly REST API.

You can create an API access token from the Authorization page.

By default, API tokens are personal tokens. You can choose to create a service token instead during the token creation workflow.

Here is a screenshot of the "Access tokens" section of the Authorization page:

Create access tokens

To create an access token:

1. Click the gear icon in the left sidenav to view Organization settings.
2. Click Authorization.
3. In the "Access tokens" section, click Create token. The "Create an access token" panel appears.
4. Give your token a human-readable Name.
5. Assign a Role to the token by choosing one from the menu.
6. Select the API version to assign to your token. By default, API requests you send using this token will use this API version. To learn more, read Versioning.
7. (Optional) Select the This is a service token checkbox if you wish to create a service token. This feature is only available to customers on Enterprise plans:
8. Click Save token. The new token appears in the Authorization page.
9. Copy and save the token somewhere secure. After you leave this page, the token is obscured:

After you create a token, you can clone or delete it. You can also reset the secret values of your tokens, or adjust the scope of your personal tokens.