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34 lines
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title: Use tokens
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seotitle: Use an API token in InfluxDB
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description: Use an API token in the InfluxDB UI, the `influx` CLI, or the InfluxDB API.
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menu:
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influxdb3_cloud_serverless:
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name: Use tokens
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parent: Manage tokens
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weight: 204
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---
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Use tokens to authenticate requests to InfluxDB, including requests to write,
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query, and manage data and resources.
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Authenticate requests using the [`influx` CLI](/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/),
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API requests made with client libraries, and tools like cURL.
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### Add a token to a CLI request
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```sh
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influx write \
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--token API_TOKEN \
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# ...
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```
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### Use environment variables
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The `influx` CLI automatically uses the `INFLUX_TOKEN` variable when defined in
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the current session.
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### Use CLI configurations
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Create [`influx` CLI connection configurations](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/config/)
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to automatically add your token and other required credentials to each CLI command execution.
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