# 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.

## Create a token

> Create tokens using the \`grant\_type\` parameter.

```json
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```


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