documentation/content/en/entities/Token.md

---

title: Token description: Represents an OAuth token used for authenticating with the API and performing actions. menu: docs:

parent: entities

aliases: [ "/entities/token", "/entities/Token", "/api/entities/token", "/api/entities/Token",

]

Example

{
  "access_token": "ZA-Yj3aBD8U8Cm7lKUp-lm9O9BmDgdhHzDeqsY8tlL0",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "scope": "read write follow push",
  "created_at": 1573979017
}

Attributes

access_token {#access_token}

Description: An OAuth token to be used for authorization.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 0.1.0 - added

token_type {#token_type}

Description: The OAuth token type. Mastodon uses Bearer tokens.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 0.1.0 - added

scope {#scope}

Description: The OAuth scopes granted by this token, space-separated.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 0.1.0 - added

created_at {#created_at}

Description: When the token was generated.\ Type: Number (UNIX Timestamp)\ Version history:\ 0.1.0 - added

See also

{{< page-relref ref="oauth-scopes" caption="OAuth Scopes" >}}

{{< page-relref ref="methods/oauth" caption="oauth methods" >}}

{{< page-ref page="client/token" >}}

{{< page-ref page="client/authorized" >}}