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title: "How to Create a Personal Access Token for API access"
url: "https://quepid-docs.dev.o19s.com/2/quepid/28/how-to-create-a-personal-access-token-for-api-access"
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# How to Create a Personal Access Token for API Access

Quepid has a rich set of APIs that let you manipulate all the data in Quepid.  To ensure that when you access the APIs you are following the correct permissions structure you have to set up a Personal Access Token.

1. In the top right click on your user icon and from the drop down menu choose **My Profile**. 
2. Scroll down to the **Personal Access Tokens** section.  
3. Click **Generate New Token** to create a Personal Access Token.
4. You will see an example similar to `curl -H "Authorization: Bearer 9557fac2245f8b5a52897e2ee9dca010dd8f4288c678adb15d43682ef12a4a0f" https://go.quepidapp.com/api/users/20` of how to use the generated token in Curl.  

The Personal Access Token is sometimes referred to as a Bearer Token.