> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create an API token

> Mints a token and returns the plaintext once — it's never stored and can't be shown again. Max 20 live tokens (409).
Duplicate scopes are collapsed. Writes an API_TOKEN_CREATED audit entry (scopes only, never the token).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /v1/user/tokens
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Server.Express API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The customer-facing Server.Express API: auth, billing, tickets, cloud and
    dedicated servers, hosting, reselling and account management. Every response
    uses the `{ success, data | error }` envelope.
  contact:
    name: Server.Express
    url: https://server.express
servers:
  - url: https://my.server.express/api
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - apiToken: []
tags:
  - name: API Tokens
  - name: Account
  - name: Auth
  - name: Cloud
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Credits
  - name: Dashboard
  - name: Dedicated
  - name: Health
  - name: Hosting
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Livechat
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Passkeys
  - name: Payments
  - name: Products
  - name: Public
  - name: Public Invoices
  - name: Public Tools
  - name: Reseller
  - name: SSH Keys
  - name: Services
  - name: Tasks
  - name: Teams
  - name: Tickets
  - name: Web Hosting
  - name: Webhooks
paths:
  /v1/user/tokens:
    post:
      tags:
        - API Tokens
      summary: Create an API token
      description: >-
        Mints a token and returns the plaintext once — it's never stored and
        can't be shown again. Max 20 live tokens (409).

        Duplicate scopes are collapsed. Writes an API_TOKEN_CREATED audit entry
        (scopes only, never the token).
      operationId: publicUserCreateApiToken
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - name
                - scopes
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  description: Trimmed; cut to 80 characters.
                scopes:
                  type: array
                  minItems: 1
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicUserApiScope'
                expiresInDays:
                  type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 3650
                  description: Null or omitted for a token that never expires.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Token created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    const: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - id
                      - name
                      - prefix
                      - scopes
                      - expiresAt
                      - createdAt
                      - token
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      name:
                        type: string
                      prefix:
                        type: string
                      scopes:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicUserApiScope'
                      expiresAt:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        format: date-time
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      token:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Plaintext token (se_live_<prefix>_<secret>). Shown
                          once.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    PublicUserApiScope:
      type: string
      enum:
        - services:read
        - services:stats
        - services:power
        - services:rescue
        - services:reinstall
        - services:cancel
        - snapshots:read
        - snapshots:write
        - catalogue:read
        - orders:place
        - invoices:read
        - invoices:pay
        - tickets:read
        - tickets:write
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Validation failed or the request is malformed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid or expired credentials.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        Authenticated but not allowed (missing scope, not an admin, or not your
        resource).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Conflict:
      description: The request conflicts with the resource's current state.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    ServerError:
      description: Unexpected server error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Session access token (JWT) from POST /v1/auth/login or /v1/auth/refresh.
        A session satisfies every API scope.
    apiToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: se_live_<prefix>_<secret>
      description: >-
        Personal API token created under Settings → API tokens. Only routes
        guarded by verifyApiAuth accept it, and the token must carry the scope
        named in the operation's x-required-scope.

````

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