How To: Create an API Token

This article goes over how to generate an API Token in Oomnitza. For more information on Oomnitza's Rest API, check out our article on REST API v3 Usage Examples

Creating an API Token

In order to generate an API token in Oomnitza, navigate to the Settings page and select “API”.

From the API page, Select “+ Add New” to generate a new API token. You’ll be prompted to enter a name for the token:

Once you’ve done this, you’ll be given the new API token. This will only be displayed once, and cannot be recovered if lost, so make sure to store it somewhere secure:

For external services, we recommend creating a new User that is specific to that service. Once created, you can log in as that user and generate an API token associated with that account. This makes the activity of the API token easier to identify and control, and prevents issue as your team members change.