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# User Access Tokens

## User Access Tokens

User access tokens are long-lived API tokens for authenticating with App Maker from outside the web UI — the App Maker CLI, CI pipelines, or direct API calls. They complement [SSH public keys](/tutorials/app-maker/developer-tools-and-cli/add-public-key.md): the SSH key grants git access to project repositories, while the access token authenticates platform API operations.

### Creating a Token

1. Open your account menu and go to **User Access Tokens**.
2. Click **Create**.
3. Fill in:
   * **Name** — a label identifying where the token will be used (e.g. `ci-pipeline`, `laptop-cli`).
   * **Lifetime** — how long the token stays valid: one week, one month, three months, six months, or one year.
   * **Privileges** — the permission scopes granted to the token. Grant only what the consumer needs; a CI token that only triggers builds does not need user-management privileges.
4. Confirm. The token value is displayed **once** — copy it immediately and store it in a secret manager. It cannot be retrieved again later.

### Managing Tokens

The token list shows each token's name, creation date, and expiry. Tokens cannot be edited — to change lifetime or privileges, create a new token and revoke the old one.

* **Revoke** — delete a token to invalidate it immediately. Any CLI or CI job using it will start receiving authentication errors.
* **Expiry** — tokens expire automatically at the end of their lifetime; rotate tokens used in CI before their expiry date.

### Using a Token with the CLI

The App Maker CLI uses the token to authenticate platform operations. See the AppMaker CLI documentation for the login/configuration command, and [Setup Existing Project on CLI](/tutorials/app-maker/developer-tools-and-cli/setup-existing-project-on-cli.md) for the full local setup flow.

### Security Notes

* Treat tokens like passwords: never commit them to a repository or paste them into shared documents.
* Prefer short lifetimes and narrow privileges; create separate tokens per consumer so one can be revoked without breaking the others.


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