generate-an-access-token-body.md

Generate an access token in cURL

You can follow the steps below to generate an access token for your application via cURL:

1. In the Choreo Developer Portal header, click Applications.

2. On the My Applications page, click on the application for which you want to generate the token.

3. In the left navigation menu, click the required environment under Credentials. This opens the Application Keys pane of the specific environment.

4. Copy the Consumer Key, Consumer Secret, and Token Endpoint values.

5. Use the following template and compile the cURL command with the values you copied in the above step.

   === "Format"

   curl -k -X POST <token_endpoint> -d "grant_type=client_credentials" -H "Authorization: Basic <base64encode(consumer-key:consumer-secret)>"
   

6. Execute the cURL command to generate an access token.

Generate an access token in the Choreo Console (for testing purposes)

You follow the steps below to generate an access token for testing purposes:

1. In the Choreo Developer Portal header, click Applications.
2. On the My Applications page, click on the application for which you want to generate keys and tokens.
3. In the left navigation menu, click the required environment under Credentials. This opens the Application Keys pane of the specific environment.
4. Click Generate Token.