---
title: "Issue a new token for an identity."
method: POST
path: "/identities/{id}/:issueAccessToken"
tags: ["Identity"]
---

# Issue a new token for an identity.

`POST /identities/{id}/:issueAccessToken`

Issue a new token for an identity.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Request body

- CommunicationIdentityAccessTokenRequest — Request to issue a new access token for an identity.
  - `scopes` CommunicationIdentityTokenScope[], required — List of scopes attached to the token.
  - `expiresInMinutes` integer — Optional custom validity period of the token within [60,1440] minutes range. If not provided, the default value of 1440 minutes (24 hours) will be used.

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- CommunicationIdentityAccessToken — An access token.
  - `token` string, required — The access token issued for the identity.
  - `expiresOn` string, date-time, required — The expiry time of the token.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `6f165034a0c4` — 3 info
  - api operation id `CommunicationIdentity_IssueAccessToken` removed and replaced with `IdentityOperations_IssueAccessToken`
  - api tag `Identity` added
  - api tag `Token` removed
- **2026-07-13** `52bd93520067` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/communication-identity/changes/identities/:id/:issueAccessToken/post.md)

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