---
title: "Generate a personal Authorization Token"
method: POST
path: "/auth/auth_token"
tags: ["Threat Lists"]
---

# Generate a personal Authorization Token

`POST /auth/auth_token`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3`
- URL: `https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/auth/auth_token`
- Auth: none required

## Headers

- `x-apikey` string, required

## Response `200`

200

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/categorised-threat-lists.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/categorised-threat-lists/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/categorised-threat-lists/revisions/e3f3cae063da?raw)