Developer/ Bearer/ Personal access token

[hazeena farook]

Question

1. Where is my Developer/Bearer/ Personal access token?
2. How long is my Bearer token valid?
3. How to obtain a longer lifetime access token with OAuth authorization grant flow

Answer

1. Kindly visit https://developer.webex.com/docs/getting-started, once logged in, you will find your "Personal Access Token or the Bearer token" which can be used to interact with the Webex API as yourself. 
2. This token has a short lifetime - only 12 hours after logging into this site-so it shouldn't be used outside of app development. When using this token, any actions taken through the API will be done as you.
3. To perform actions on behalf of someone else or have a longer lifetime than the 12 hours Personal Access Token, you'll need a separate access token that you obtain through an OAuth authorization grant flow, check the Integration documentation https://developer.webex.com/docs/integrations for generating OAuth access tokens. A step by step guide on how to create one can be found here: https://developer.webex.com/blog/real-world-walkthrough-of-building-an-oauth-webex-integration .