Generate Auth Token

Generates a new authentication token for API access.

POST /generate_auth_token

Generate Auth Token

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "token_name": "Production API Key"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token"

payload = { "token_name": "Production API Key" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({token_name: 'Production API Key'})
};

fetch('https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'token_name' => 'Production API Key'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"token_name\": \"Production API Key\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"token_name\": \"Production API Key\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.perplexity.ai/generate_auth_token")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"token_name\": \"Production API Key\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "auth_token": "pplx-1234567890abcdef",
  "created_at_epoch_seconds": 1735689600,
  "token_name": "Production API Key"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

token_name · string

Optional name for the authentication token to help identify its purpose.

Example:

"Production API Key"

Response

200 - application/json

Successfully generated authentication token.

auth_token · string · required

The newly generated authentication token. Store this securely as it cannot be retrieved again.

Example:

"pplx-1234567890abcdef"

created_at_epoch_seconds · number · required

Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the token was created.

Example:

1735689600

token_name · string

The name associated with this token, if provided.

Example:

"Production API Key"