# Generate Auth Token

POST

/

generate\_auth\_token

Generate Auth Token

```
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "token_name": "Production API Key"
}
'
```

:::code-group
```title="200"
{
  "auth_token": "pplx-1234567890abcdef",
  "created_at_epoch_seconds": 1735689600,
  "token_name": "Production API Key"
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`, where `<token>` is your auth token.

#### Body

application/json

token\_name

string

Optional name for the authentication token to help identify its purpose.

Example:

`"Production API Key"`

#### Response

200 - application/json

Successfully generated authentication token.

auth\_token

string

required

The newly generated authentication token. Store this securely as it cannot be retrieved again.

Example:

`"pplx-1234567890abcdef"`

created\_at\_epoch\_seconds

number

required

Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the token was created.

Example:

`1735689600`

token\_name

string

The name associated with this token, if provided.

Example:

`"Production API Key"`

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- [Authentication](./authentication-index.md)
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