Agent Tokens API

Note: HCP Terraform Free Edition includes one self-hosted agent. Refer to HCP Terraform pricing for details.

List Agent Tokens

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

Parameter	Description
`:agent_pool_id`	The 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.

Status	Response	Reason
200	JSON API document (`type: "authentication-tokens"`)	Success
404	JSON API error object	Agent 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.

Parameter	Description
`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

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
        }
    }
}

Show an Agent Token

GET /authentication-tokens/:id

Parameter	Description
`:id`	The ID of the Agent Token to show

Status	Response	Reason
200	JSON API document (`type: "authentication-tokens"`)	Success
404	JSON API error object	Agent 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

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"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Create an Agent Token

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

Parameter	Description
`:agent_pool_id`	The 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.

Status	Response	Reason
201	JSON API document (`type: "authentication-tokens"`)	The request was successful
404	JSON API error object	Agent Pool not found or user unauthorized to perform action
422	JSON API error object	Malformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.)
500	JSON API error object	Failure 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 path	Type	Default	Description
`data.type`	string		Must be `"authentication-tokens"`.
`data.attributes.description`	string		The description for the Agent Token.

Sample Payload

{
  "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

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"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Destroy an Agent Token

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

Parameter	Description
`:id`	The ID of the Agent Token to destroy.

Status	Response	Reason
204	Empty response	The Agent Token was successfully destroyed
404	JSON API error object	Agent 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