Pats - Create

Reference

Service:: Tokens

API Version:: 7.1-preview.1

Creates a new personal access token (PAT) for the requesting user.

POST https://vssps.dev.azure.com/{organization}/_apis/tokens/pats?api-version=7.1-preview.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1-preview.1' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
allOrgs	boolean	True, if this personal access token (PAT) is for all of the user's accessible organizations. False, if otherwise (e.g. if the token is for a specific organization)
displayName	string	The token name
scope	string	The token scopes for accessing Azure DevOps resources
validTo	string	The token expiration date

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	PatTokenResult	successful operation

Security

accessToken

Personal access token. Use any value for the user name and the token as the password.

Type: basic

Examples

Create a new personal access token

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://vssps.dev.azure.com/{organization}/_apis/tokens/pats?api-version=7.1-preview.1

{
  "displayName": "new_token",
  "scope": "app_token",
  "validTo": "2020-12-01T23:46:23.319Z",
  "allOrgs": false
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "patToken": {
    "displayName": "new_token",
    "validTo": "2020-12-01T23:46:23.32Z",
    "scope": "app_token",
    "targetAccounts": [
      "38aaa865-2c70-4bf7-a308-0c6539c38c1a"
    ],
    "validFrom": "2020-11-02T22:56:52.1033333Z",
    "authorizationId": "4ab5764f-4193-4f1d-b995-64144880b7d7",
    "token": "dip55dwf4vpitomw63jzvomefmi2jluguprzwwqwuc6xq4fhocwq"
  },
  "patTokenError": "none"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
PatToken	Represents a personal access token (PAT) used to access Azure DevOps resources
PatTokenCreateRequest	Encapsulates the request parameters for creating a new personal access token (PAT)
PatTokenResult	Contains the resulting personal access token (PAT) and the error (if any) that occurred during the operation
SessionTokenError	The error (if any) that occurred

PatToken

Represents a personal access token (PAT) used to access Azure DevOps resources

Name	Type	Description
authorizationId	string	Unique guid identifier
displayName	string	The token name
scope	string	The token scopes for accessing Azure DevOps resources
targetAccounts	string[]	The organizations for which the token is valid; null if the token applies to all of the user's accessible organizations
token	string	The unique token string generated at creation
validFrom	string	The token creation date
validTo	string	The token expiration date

PatTokenCreateRequest

Encapsulates the request parameters for creating a new personal access token (PAT)

Name	Type	Description
allOrgs	boolean	True, if this personal access token (PAT) is for all of the user's accessible organizations. False, if otherwise (e.g. if the token is for a specific organization)
displayName	string	The token name
scope	string	The token scopes for accessing Azure DevOps resources
validTo	string	The token expiration date

PatTokenResult

Contains the resulting personal access token (PAT) and the error (if any) that occurred during the operation

Name	Type	Description
patToken	PatToken	The resulting personal access token (PAT)
patTokenError	SessionTokenError	The error (if any) that occurred

SessionTokenError

The error (if any) that occurred

Name	Type	Description
accessDenied	string
authorizationNotFound	string
deploymentHostNotSupported	string
displayNameRequired	string
duplicateHash	string
failedToIssueAccessToken	string
failedToReadTenantPolicy	string
failedToUpdateAccessToken	string
fullScopePatPolicyViolation	string
globalPatPolicyViolation	string
hostAuthorizationNotFound	string
invalidAudience	string
invalidAuthorizationId	string
invalidClient	string
invalidClientId	string
invalidClientType	string
invalidDisplayName	string
invalidScope	string
invalidSource	string
invalidSourceIP	string
invalidSubject	string
invalidTargetAccounts	string
invalidToken	string
invalidTokenType	string
invalidUserId	string
invalidUserType	string
invalidValidTo	string
none	string
patLifespanPolicyViolation	string
sourceNotSupported	string
sshPolicyDisabled	string
tokenNotFound	string
userIdRequired	string

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