Authentication for API

To use the Snyk API, you must first get your API token from Snyk.

1. Go to the General Account Settings in your Snyk account.

2. In the KEY field, click to show and then select and copy your API token. Refer to the screenshot that follows.

3. To use the Snyk API, supply the token in an Authorization header, preceded by Token: Authorization: Token API_KEY

For more information about authentication, refer to the overview in the API reference docs. For additional information, see Revoking and regenerating Snyk API tokens.

Get API token

For information about using personal tokens versus service account tokens, see How to obtain and authenticate with your Snyk API token.