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

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title: 'Accessing APIs'
description: 'How to access NocoDB APIs with Auth or API token?'
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category: 'Developer Resources'
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NocoDB APIs can be authorized by either Auth Token or API Token.

## Auth Token

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`.

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

API tokens allows us to integrate seamlessly with 3rd party apps. See [API Tokens Management](../setup-and-usages/team-and-auth#api-tokens-management) for more.

## Swagger UI

You can interact with the API's resources via Swagger UI.

- Go to NocoDB Project, click the rightmost button and click  ``Swagger APIs Doc``.
  
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- Click ``Authorize``, paste the token you copied in above steps and click `Authorize` to save.

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