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# Create a token
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/ai-search/tokens
Create a stored Cloudflare credential for an AI Search instance to access its data source.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
cf\_api\_id: string
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cf\_api\_key: string
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name: string
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legacy: optional boolean
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
result: object {id, cf\_api\_id, created\_at, 6 more }
id: string
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cf\_api\_id: string
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created\_at: string
formatdate-time
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modified\_at: string
formatdate-time
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name: string
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created\_by: optional string
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enabled: optional boolean
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legacy: optional boolean
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modified\_by: optional string
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success: true
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### Create a token
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/ai-search/tokens \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"cf_api_id": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
"cf_api_key": "abc123",
"name": "my-token"
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"result": {
"id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
"cf_api_id": "cf_api_id",
"created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"modified_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"name": "name",
"created_by": "created_by",
"enabled": true,
"legacy": true,
"modified_by": "modified_by"
},
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"result": {
"id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
"cf_api_id": "cf_api_id",
"created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"modified_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"name": "name",
"created_by": "created_by",
"enabled": true,
"legacy": true,
"modified_by": "modified_by"
},
"success": true
}
```