How to get a permanent user token for writes using the Trello API?

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Kar picture Kar · Jun 18, 2013 · Viewed 13.2k times · Source

I'm trying to write an app that updates my Trello cards with the API. How do I get a permanent user token for the app to write to my Trello board?

Thanks

Answer

Andy Jones picture Andy Jones · Jun 25, 2013

You can do this in one of 2 ways -

Direct the user to the below address. This will direct the user to a page that has a token that she can copy and paste back to you. The important bit is that you ask for expiration = never and scope = read,write

https://trello.com/1/authorize?key=substitutewithyourapplicationkey&scope=read%2Cwrite&name=My+Application&expiration=never&response_type=token

Or use OAuth (harder) to automate the request for an access token. Read more in the documentation.

Once you have the token, you can make any API call you'd like.

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