# Get Api authorization Token

**URL:** <https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/get-api-authorization-token/865>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/get-api-authorization-token/865 "2019-06-12T12:02:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![sasha1750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@sasha1750](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/sasha1750)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/get-api-authorization-token/865/1 "2019-06-12T12:02:27Z")

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how through api will get an auth token?  
[Domain.com/api/cockpit/auth?user=username&password=mypassword](http://Domain.com/api/cockpit/auth?user=username&password=mypassword)

response:  
“token”:“xxxxxxxxTokenxxxxx”

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**Author:** ![paulitis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/paulitis/32/342_2.png) [@paulitis](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/paulitis)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/get-api-authorization-token/865/2 "2019-06-12T12:53:30Z")

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This works for me:

[How to request a token key when Authenticate user from a client app?](https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/issues/840#issuecomment-414048777)