--
:api: create-service-account-token
:request: CreateServiceAccountTokenRequest
:response: CreateServiceAccountTokenResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Create Service Account Token API

Index-based service account token can be created using this API.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Create Service Account Token Request

A +{request}+ contains the namespace and service-name of a
service account and an optional name for the service account token.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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A token name will be auto generated if the +{request}+ does not specify it:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-auto-name]
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include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Create Service Account Token Response

The returned +{response}+ contains the name and value of the service account token.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> Name of the service account token
<2> Value of the service account token to be used as the bearer authentication header