# InfluxDB Authorizations (API tokens) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-authorizations-api-tokens-api/  
**Provider:** InfluxDB — https://apis.io/providers/influxdb/  
**Base URL:** https://cloud2.influxdata.com/api/v2  
**Documentation:** https://www.influxdata.com/

InfluxDB Authorizations (API tokens) API is one of 40 APIs that [InfluxDB](https://apis.io/providers/influxdb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. Tagged areas include Authorizations (API tokens). The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.

Create and manage authorizations (API tokens). An _authorization_ contains a list of `read` and `write` permissions for organization resources and provides an API token for authentication. An authorization belongs to an organization and only contains permissions for that organization. We recommend the following for managing your tokens: - Create a generic user to create and manage tokens for writing data. - Store your tokens in a secure password vault for future access. ### User sessions with authorizations Optionally, when creating an authorization, you can scope it to a specific user. If the user signs in with username and password, creating a _user session_, the session carries the permissions granted by all the user's authorizations. For more information, see [how to assign a token to a specific user](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/create-token/). To create a user session, use the [`POST /api/v2/signin` endpoint](#operation/PostSignin). ### Related endpoints - [Signin](#tag/Signin) - [Signout](#tag/Signout) ### Related guides - [Authorize API requests](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api-guide/api_intro/#authentication) - [Manage API tokens](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/) - [Assign a token to a specific user](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/security/tokens/create-token/)

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/influxdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/influxdb-authorizations-api-tokens-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api/v2/
- **AsyncAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/influxdb/refs/heads/main/openapi/influxdb-asyncapi.yml
- **Authentication** — https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api/v2/#tag/Authentication
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api/v2/#tag/Quick-start
- **Pagination** — https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api/v2/#tag/Pagination
- **Headers** — https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/api/v2/#tag/Headers
- **Source** — https://github.com/influxdata/openapi
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/influxdb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other InfluxDB APIs (12)

- [InfluxDB Bucket Schemas API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-bucket-schemas-api/)
- [InfluxDB Buckets API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-buckets-api/)
- [InfluxDB Cells API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-cells-api/)
- [InfluxDB Checks API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-checks-api/)
- [InfluxDB Config API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-config-api/)
- [InfluxDB Dashboards API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-dashboards-api/)
- [InfluxDB Data I/O endpoints API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-data-i-o-endpoints-api/)
- [InfluxDB DBRPs API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-dbrps-api/)
- [InfluxDB Delete API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-delete-api/)
- [InfluxDB Invokable Scripts API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-invokable-scripts-api/)
- [InfluxDB Labels API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-labels-api/)
- [InfluxDB Legacy Authorizations API](https://apis.io/apis/influxdb/influxdb-legacy-authorizations-api/)

## Tags

Authorizations (API tokens)

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