---
title: "Generate token for the client to connect Azure Web PubSub service."
method: POST
path: "/api/hubs/{hub}/:generateToken"
tags: ["webpubsub"]
---

# Generate token for the client to connect Azure Web PubSub service.

`POST /api/hubs/{hub}/:generateToken`

## Path parameters

- `hub` string, required

## Query parameters

- `userId` string
- `role` string[]
- `minutesToExpire` integer
- `api-version` string, required
- `group` string[]

## Response `200`

Success

- ClientTokenResponse — The response object containing the token for the client
  - `token` string — The token value for the WebSocket client to connect to the service

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2021-05-01-preview) `db70e5df6e15` — 1 breaking
  - the `query` request parameter `api-version` became required
- **2021-04-21** (2021-05-01-preview) `5c057b21a138` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/webpubsub/changes/api/hubs/:hub/:generateToken/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/webpubsub.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/webpubsub/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/azure/webpubsub/revisions/19d6476bb902/schema)