API Tokens

This article is for Account Owners and Project Managers.

Smartling API tokens are used to authenticate into the Smartling platform via API or the connector. This article describes how to generate API tokens. API documentation can be found here.

To generate API v2 tokens:

1. Do one of the following: 
   • In the New Experience, click Account Settings > API. 
   • In the Classic Experience, from the top menu, click API.
2. Select the v2.0 tab.
3. Click Create Token. (If you have ‘Account Owner’ access, you will have the option to create both account and project tokens. It’s generally recommended to create a project token.)
4. If creating a Project token, select the project you wish to connect to from the menu.
5. Enter a token name.
6. Click Create.
7. Make note of your token secret.

You will not be able to access your token secret after dismissing the prompt.

To generate API v1 keys:

1. Do one of the following: 
   • In the New Experience, click Account Settings > API. 
   • In the Classic Experience, from the top menu, click API.
2. Select the v1.0 tab.
3. Select the project you wish to connect to from the drop down list.
4. Click Generate new API key.
5. Click Confirm to generate a new API key. 

If you click Confirm, your current API key will stop working and you will have to update your API integration code or connector configuration.