> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/reference/rest-api/endpoints/authentication-and-authorization/tokens/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/_mcp/server.

# Tokens

Use tokens to facilitate authentication to the NVIDIA Run:ai API. 
The API server must be configured to use the NVIDIA Run:ai identity 
service to validate authentication tokens.


## API Docs

- Tokens [Create an access token v1](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/reference/rest-api/endpoints/authentication-and-authorization/tokens/grant-token.md)
- Tokens [Create an access token v2](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/reference/rest-api/endpoints/authentication-and-authorization/tokens/grant-token-v-2.md)

## OpenAPI Specification

The raw OpenAPI 3.1 specification for this API is available at:
- [OpenAPI JSON](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/reference/rest-api/endpoints/authentication-and-authorization/tokens/openapi.json)
- [OpenAPI YAML](https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/v3.0/reference/rest-api/endpoints/authentication-and-authorization/tokens/openapi.yaml)