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# Create a Session Token

POST https://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token

Exchange your API key for a short-lived bearer JWT. Send the API key as `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`; no request body is needed. The returned `sessionJwt` is valid for **15 minutes** (the TTL is not echoed in the response) and must be sent in the `Authorization` header on every subsequent authenticated request. Refresh by calling this endpoint again before expiry.

See [Authentication](/api/authentication) for more details.

Reference: https://docs.agora.finance/api/endpoints/auth/token

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Agora access key (cleartext), sent as `Authorization: Bearer <accessKey>`. Used only by POST /v0/auth/token to mint a session JWT.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `sessionJwt` (string, required) — Short-lived session JWT. Send it as `Authorization: Bearer <sessionJwt>` on every authenticated endpoint.

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication is required.

- `code` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `unauthorized`
- `docs_url` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `context` (ErrorResponse401UnauthorizedContext, optional)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too many requests.

- `code` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `rate_limit_exceeded`
- `docs_url` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected error occurred.

- `code` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `internal_error`
- `docs_url` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

An upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry.

- `code` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `service_unavailable`
- `docs_url` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Types

### ErrorResponse401UnauthorizedContext

- `reason` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `invalid_token`, `key_not_provisioned`, `missing_claim`, `missing_header`, `token_expired`, `token_paused`, `token_revoked`, `unknown_tenant`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "sessionJwt": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IlBfMlhSWENMIn0.eyJzdWIiOiJvcmdfa2V5XzhmMmMzZDRlIiwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuYWdvcmEuZmluYW5jZSIsImV4cCI6MTc0ODQ4NDgwMH0.signature"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

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://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	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://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sandbox.agora.finance/v0/auth/token")! 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()
```