User Token management
User Tokens are easy to make, simple to use, and a powerful asset for all of our clients in Quickbase.
Quickbase has emphasized the importance of moving to User Token authentication, and here at Quickbase Extensions, we are taking this call to action very seriously.
To learn more from Quickbase about what they have to say about User Tokens, follow this link: Quickbase User Token Benefits
The following benefits include:
Eliminates the need for app tokens.
Greater convenience, because user tokens are pre-generated, and don't require a call to API_Authenticate.
Enhanced security:
The scope of action is limited to just the apps you've assigned the user token to.
You can easily unassign a token from an app.
The user token can't be used to authenticate to the user interface, like in URLs.
You can see when a user token was last used.
You can deactivate a token temporarily to debug a call, or even quickly delete the user token if you suspect your app's security has been compromised.
SAML customers can use Quickbase APIs without creating a robot user or Gmail user. With user tokens, SAML users can create a token and call APIs with their own permissions.
If you're a Quickbase Solution Provider, you can add user tokens to your scripts that won't expire, to avoid having to find and fix authentication errors.
Once you have created and provided us with your User Token: You have now created a User Token for your individual account or for your whole company (you only need to provide us one token unless you have more than 20 apps), and you are ready to continue moving forward with the User Token management steps. To fully benefit from providing us with a User Token, follow the steps on this next page: Remove our user ID