---
title: "Creates tokens for authorisation, ID and refresh for authenticated users"
method: POST
path: "/tokens"
tags: ["Tokens"]
---

# Creates tokens for authorisation, ID and refresh for authenticated users

`POST /tokens`

## Request

- Base URL: `/v1` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/v1/tokens`
- Auth: none required

## Request body

- object
  - `email` string, required
  - `password` string, required

## Response `201`

Created

- SignInExpirationTime
  - `expirationTime` string: Expiration Time, UTC ISO 8601
  - `refreshTokenExpirationTime` string: Expiration Time, UTC ISO 8601

## Other responses

- `400`: Request rejected due to invalid parameters supplied
- `401`: Authentication information is missing or invalid
- `403`: Forbidden. Too many login attempts
- `500`: Failed to process the request due to an internal error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/office-of-national-statistics/apis/identity-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/office-of-national-statistics/apis/identity-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/office-of-national-statistics/apis/identity-api/revisions/6472459b6b03?raw)