---
title: "POST /api/v3/auth/token"
method: POST
path: "/api/v3/auth/token"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# POST /api/v3/auth/token

`POST /api/v3/auth/token`

## Request

- Base URL: `/` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/api/v3/auth/token`
- Auth: HTTP basic
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/wildmeorg/apis/wildbook-v3-api/docs/api/v3/auth/token/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Requires fresh HTTP Basic credentials. Omit scope for existing identity-only token behavior. submissions:write additionally requires enabled admission and an enrolled account; submissions:read permits authenticated owners to inspect retained drafts after unenrollment. Submission capabilities currently support context0 only.

## Query parameters

- `scope` 'submissions:read' | 'submissions:write'

## Response `200`

Token issued: token, tokenType Bearer, expiresInSeconds and optional scope

## Other responses

- `400`: Unsupported scope
- `401`: Invalid credentials
- `403`: Account not enrolled
- `503`: Issuance or admission unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-09-28** `2918ab3fac48`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/wildmeorg/apis/wildbook-v3-api/changes/api/v3/auth/token/post.md)

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