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»Agent Tokens API

Note: Terraform Cloud Agents are a paid feature, available as part of the Terraform Cloud for Business upgrade package. Learn more about Terraform Cloud pricing here.

»List Agent Tokens

GET /agent-pools/:agent_pool_id/authentication-tokens

ParameterDescription
:agent_pool_idThe ID of the Agent Pool.

The objects returned by this endpoint only contain metadata, and do not include the secret text of any authentication tokens. A token is only shown upon creation, and cannot be recovered later.

StatusResponseReason
200JSON API document (type: "authentication-tokens")Success
404JSON API error objectAgent Pool not found, or user unauthorized to perform action

»Query Parameters

This endpoint supports pagination with standard URL query parameters. Remember to percent-encode [ as %5B and ] as %5D if your tooling doesn't automatically encode URLs.

ParameterDescription
page[number]Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return the first page.
page[size]Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return 20 tokens per page.

»Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request GET \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request GET \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens

»Sample Response

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "at-bonpPzYqv2bGD7vr",
            "type": "authentication-tokens",
            "attributes": {
                "created-at": "2020-08-07T19:38:20.868Z",
                "last-used-at": "2020-08-07T19:40:55.139Z",
                "description": "asdfsdf",
                "token": null
            },
            "relationships": {
                "created-by": {
                    "data": {
                        "id": "user-Nxv6svuhVrTW7eb1",
                        "type": "users"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "links": {
        "self": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20",
        "first": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20",
        "prev": null,
        "next": null,
        "last": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20"
    },
    "meta": {
        "pagination": {
            "current-page": 1,
            "prev-page": null,
            "next-page": null,
            "total-pages": 1,
            "total-count": 1
        }
    }
}

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "at-bonpPzYqv2bGD7vr",
            "type": "authentication-tokens",
            "attributes": {
                "created-at": "2020-08-07T19:38:20.868Z",
                "last-used-at": "2020-08-07T19:40:55.139Z",
                "description": "asdfsdf",
                "token": null
            },
            "relationships": {
                "created-by": {
                    "data": {
                        "id": "user-Nxv6svuhVrTW7eb1",
                        "type": "users"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "links": {
        "self": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20",
        "first": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20",
        "prev": null,
        "next": null,
        "last": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-MCf6kkxu5FyHbqhd/authentication-tokens?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20"
    },
    "meta": {
        "pagination": {
            "current-page": 1,
            "prev-page": null,
            "next-page": null,
            "total-pages": 1,
            "total-count": 1
        }
    }
}

»Show an Agent Token

GET /authentication-tokens/:id

ParameterDescription
:idThe ID of the Agent Token to show
StatusResponseReason
200JSON API document (type: "authentication-tokens")Success
404JSON API error objectAgent Token not found, or user unauthorized to perform action

»Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request GET \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/authentication-tokens/at-bonpPzYqv2bGD7vr

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request GET \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/authentication-tokens/at-bonpPzYqv2bGD7vr

»Sample Response

{
    "data": {
        "id": "at-bonpPzYqv2bGD7vr",
        "type": "authentication-tokens",
        "attributes": {
            "created-at": "2020-08-07T19:38:20.868Z",
            "last-used-at": "2020-08-07T19:40:55.139Z",
            "description": "test token",
            "token": null
        },
        "relationships": {
            "created-by": {
                "data": {
                    "id": "user-Nxv6svuhVrTW7eb1",
                    "type": "users"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

{
    "data": {
        "id": "at-bonpPzYqv2bGD7vr",
        "type": "authentication-tokens",
        "attributes": {
            "created-at": "2020-08-07T19:38:20.868Z",
            "last-used-at": "2020-08-07T19:40:55.139Z",
            "description": "test token",
            "token": null
        },
        "relationships": {
            "created-by": {
                "data": {
                    "id": "user-Nxv6svuhVrTW7eb1",
                    "type": "users"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

»Create an Agent Token

POST /agent-pools/:agent_pool_id/authentication-tokens

ParameterDescription
:agent_pool_idThe ID of the Agent Pool

This endpoint returns the secret text of the created authentication token. A token is only shown upon creation, and cannot be recovered later.

StatusResponseReason
201JSON API document (type: "authentication-tokens")The request was successful
404JSON API error objectAgent Pool not found or user unauthorized to perform action
422JSON API error objectMalformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.)
500JSON API error objectFailure during Agent Token creation

»Request Body

This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.

Properties without a default value are required.

Key pathTypeDefaultDescription
data.typestringMust be "authentication-tokens".
data.attributes.descriptionstringThe description for the Agent Token.

»Sample Payload

{
  "data": {
    "type": "authentication-tokens",
    "attributes": {
      "description":"api"
    }
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "type": "authentication-tokens",
    "attributes": {
      "description":"api"
    }
  }
}

»Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request POST \
  --data @payload.json \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-xkuMi7x4LsEnBUdY/authentication-tokens

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request POST \
  --data @payload.json \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/agent-pools/apool-xkuMi7x4LsEnBUdY/authentication-tokens

»Sample Response

{
    "data": {
        "id": "at-2rG2oYU9JEvfaqji",
        "type": "authentication-tokens",
        "attributes": {
            "created-at": "2020-08-10T22:29:21.907Z",
            "last-used-at": null,
            "description": "api",
            "token": "eHub7TsW7fz7LQ.atlasv1.cHGFcvf2VxVfUH4PZ7UNdaGB6SjyKWs5phdZ371zkI2KniZs2qKgrAcazhlsiy02awk"
        },
        "relationships": {
            "created-by": {
                "data": {
                    "id": "user-Nxv6svuhVrTW7eb1",
                    "type": "users"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

{
    "data": {
        "id": "at-2rG2oYU9JEvfaqji",
        "type": "authentication-tokens",
        "attributes": {
            "created-at": "2020-08-10T22:29:21.907Z",
            "last-used-at": null,
            "description": "api",
            "token": "eHub7TsW7fz7LQ.atlasv1.cHGFcvf2VxVfUH4PZ7UNdaGB6SjyKWs5phdZ371zkI2KniZs2qKgrAcazhlsiy02awk"
        },
        "relationships": {
            "created-by": {
                "data": {
                    "id": "user-Nxv6svuhVrTW7eb1",
                    "type": "users"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

»Destroy an Agent Token

DELETE /api/v2/authentication-tokens/:id

ParameterDescription
:idThe ID of the Agent Token to destroy.
StatusResponseReason
204Empty responseThe Agent Token was successfully destroyed
404JSON API error objectAgent Token not found, or user unauthorized to perform action

»Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request DELETE \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/authentication-tokens/at-6yEmxNAhaoQLH1Da

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request DELETE \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/authentication-tokens/at-6yEmxNAhaoQLH1Da