nocodb/packages/noco-docs/content/en/developer-resources/accessing-apis.md

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## REST APIs

- Go to NocoDB Project, click the rightmost button and click ``Copy Auth Token``.

<alert>
Auth Token is a JWT Token generated based on the logged-in user. By default, the token is only valid for 10 hours. However, you can change the value by defining it using environment variable NC_JWT_EXPIRES_IN. If you are passing Auth Token, make sure that the header is called xc-auth.
</alert>

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/161957971-e4888983-25e1-46a4-8419-7b9fae6cb6fa.png)

- Click the same button and click ``Swagger APIs Doc``.

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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/126187534-32c41de9-f17d-4f95-9acc-88aaed044b36.png)

- Select ``Schemes`` and Click ``Authorize``.

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/126188482-f3aacabf-dbc5-41a8-a190-9f225347ebd1.png)

- Paste the token you just copy in step 1 and click Authorize

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/126188510-b3790348-6809-4182-911a-a4031ace2fd2.png)