Generate the admin token | Magento 2 Developer Documentation

Most REST calls to Magento require an authorization token. The token allows Magento to verify that the caller is authorized to access a system resource. To get a token, you must specify the user’s username and password in the payload.

By default, an admin token is valid for 4 hours. To change this value, log in to Admin and go to Stores > Settings > Configuration > Services > OAuth > Access Token Expiration > Admin Token Lifetime (hours).

See Token-based authentication for more information about authorization tokens.

Endpoint:

POST <host>/rest/<store_code>/V1/integration/admin/token

Headers:

Content-Type application/json

Payload:

{
"username": "admin",
"password": "123123q"
}

Response:

Magento generates the admin’s access token

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This token must be specified in the authorization header of every call that requires admin permissions.

Verify this step

There are no additional verification steps. Tokens are not displayed in Admin.