> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.box.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Developer Tokens

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  title="REQUIRED GUIDES"
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A Developer Token is an Access Token available to developers during development
and testing. These tokens are short lived, as they expire after 60 minutes, and
cannot be refreshed programmatically.

## Create Developer Token

To create a Developer Token for an application:

* Navigate to the Box [Developer Console][devconsole] and select the application to create a Developer Token for.
* Select the **Configuration** tab.
* Under Developer Token, select **Generate Developer Token**.

<Info>
  You can also generate a Developer Token directly from <Link href="/guides/applications">My Platform Apps</Link>
  view, using the menu available for each app.
</Info>

<Frame border center shadow>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/box/KBEcg4yicgc_HMRY/images/guides/authentication/developer-token.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=KBEcg4yicgc_HMRY&q=85&s=f4fcdb2d4e4595c846319baf92d024bf" alt="Generating a Developer Token" width="2329" height="950" data-path="images/guides/authentication/developer-token.png" />
</Frame>

## Using Developer Token

A Developer Token can be used like any Access Token in the `Authorization`
header of an API call.

```sh theme={null}
curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me \
    -H "authorization: Bearer [DEVELOPER_TOKEN]"
```

<Warning>
  A Developer Token is associated with the the user that is logged in to the
  Developer Console when the token is generated.
</Warning>

Our SDKs can be initialized with a Developer Token to create a basic API client.

```sh theme={null}
curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me \
    -H "authorization: Bearer [DEVELOPER_TOKEN]"
```

<Danger>
  **Developer tokens should not be used in production environments**

  Developer Tokens should only be used for development or testing purposes.
</Danger>

<Warning>
  When you explicitly revoke a developer token for a given app via the
  Developer console, all webhooks created by that application get deleted.
</Warning>

[devconsole]: https://app.box.com/developers/console

## Using SDKs and Developer Tokens

To learn more about Developer Tokens for each SDK head over to:

* [.Net][.Net]

* [Java][Java]

* [Python][Python]

* [Node][Node]

* [IOS][IOS]

[.Net]: https://github.com/box/box-windows-sdk-v2/blob/legacy/docs/authentication.md#developer-token

[Java]: https://github.com/box/box-java-sdk/blob/legacy/doc/authentication.md#developer-token

[Python]: https://github.com/box/box-python-sdk/blob/legacy/docs/usage/authentication.md#developer-token

[Node]: https://github.com/box/box-node-sdk/blob/legacy/docs/authentication.md#developer-token

[IOS]: https://github.com/box/box-ios-sdk/blob/legacy/BoxSDK/docs/usage/authentication.md#developer-token

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