Create an access token | Documentation

curl -X POST https://api.contentful.com/users/me/access_tokens \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json" \
     -d '{
  "name": "My Token",
  "scopes": [
    "content_management_manage"
  ],
  "expiresIn": 0
}'

{
  "sys": {
    "type": "PersonalAccessToken",
    "id": "exampletokenid",
    "createdAt": "2026-01-26T13:48:37.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-26T13:48:37.000Z",
    "expiresAt": null,
    "lastUsedAt": null,
    "redactedValue": "TmTU",
    "application": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "Application",
        "id": "<application_id>"
      }
    }
  },
  "name": "My Token",
  "revokedAt": null,
  "scopes": [
    "content_management_manage"
  ],
  "token": "46d42a80f96db00393ffa867a753de126e658484dd8a20d209bcb7efcf3761b9"
}

Creates a Personal Access Token with the specified scopes (content_management_read or content_management_manage). The token value is only returned once — copy and store it securely.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

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

Request

This endpoint expects a map from strings to any.

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

Created - Resource created successfully