---
title: Get an access token for a service account
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# Get an access token for a service account{% #get-an-access-token-for-a-service-account %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                                                            |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id}  |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/service_accounts/{service_account_id}/access_tokens/{token_id} |

### Overview

Get a specific access token for a service account by its ID. This endpoint requires the `service_account_write` permission.

### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Name                                 | Type   | Description                    |
| ------------------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------ |
| service_account_id [*required*] | string | The ID of the service account. |
| token_id [*required*]           | string | The ID of the access token.    |

### Response

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OK
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Response for retrieving an access token.

| Parent field  | Field                  | Type      | Description                                                                       |
| ------------- | ---------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|               | data                   | object    | Datadog access token.                                                             |
| data          | attributes             | object    | Attributes of an access token.                                                    |
| attributes    | created_at             | date-time | Creation date of the access token.                                                |
| attributes    | expires_at             | date-time | Expiration date of the access token.                                              |
| attributes    | last_used_at           | date-time | Date the access token was last used.                                              |
| attributes    | modified_at            | date-time | Date of last modification of the access token.                                    |
| attributes    | name                   | string    | Name of the access token.                                                         |
| attributes    | public_portion         | string    | The public portion of the access token.                                           |
| attributes    | scopes                 | [string]  | Array of scopes granted to the access token.                                      |
| data          | id                     | string    | ID of the access token.                                                           |
| data          | relationships          | object    | Resources related to the access token.                                            |
| relationships | owned_by               | object    | Relationship to service account.                                                  |
| owned_by      | data [*required*] | object    | Relationship to service account object.                                           |
| data          | id [*required*]   | string    | A unique identifier that represents the service account.                          |
| data          | type [*required*] | enum      | Service account resource type. Allowed enum values: `service_account`             |
| data          | type                   | enum      | Service access tokens resource type. Allowed enum values: `service_access_tokens` |

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```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
      "expires_at": "2025-12-31T23:59:59+00:00",
      "last_used_at": "2025-06-15T12:30:00+00:00",
      "modified_at": "2024-06-01T00:00:00+00:00",
      "name": "My Access Token",
      "public_portion": "ddsat_abc123",
      "scopes": [
        "dashboards_read",
        "dashboards_write"
      ]
    },
    "id": "string",
    "relationships": {
      "owned_by": {
        "data": {
          "id": "00000000-0000-0000-2345-000000000000",
          "type": "service_account"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "service_access_tokens"
  }
}
```

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{% tab title="403" %}
Forbidden
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="404" %}
Not Found
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="429" %}
Too many requests
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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### Code Example

##### 
                  \# Path parameters export service_account_id="00000000-0000-1234-0000-000000000000" export token_id="00000000-0000-1234-0000-000000000000" \# Curl command curl -X GET "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/service_accounts/${service_account_id}/access_tokens/${token_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" 
                
##### 

```python
"""
Get an access token for a service account returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.service_accounts_api import ServiceAccountsApi

# there is a valid "service_account_user" in the system
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID = environ["SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID"]

# there is a valid "service_account_access_token" for "service_account_user"
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID = environ["SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID"]

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = ServiceAccountsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.get_service_account_access_token(
        service_account_id=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID,
        pat_id=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID,
    )

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Get an access token for a service account returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::ServiceAccountsAPI.new

# there is a valid "service_account_user" in the system
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID = ENV["SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID"]

# there is a valid "service_account_access_token" for "service_account_user"
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID = ENV["SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID"]
p api_instance.get_service_account_access_token(SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID, SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```go
// Get an access token for a service account returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "service_account_user" in the system
	ServiceAccountUserDataID := os.Getenv("SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID")

	// there is a valid "service_account_access_token" for "service_account_user"
	ServiceAccountAccessTokenDataID := os.Getenv("SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID")

	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewServiceAccountsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.GetServiceAccountAccessToken(ctx, ServiceAccountUserDataID, ServiceAccountAccessTokenDataID)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `ServiceAccountsApi.GetServiceAccountAccessToken`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `ServiceAccountsApi.GetServiceAccountAccessToken`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Get an access token for a service account returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.ServiceAccountsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PersonalAccessTokenResponse;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    ServiceAccountsApi apiInstance = new ServiceAccountsApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "service_account_user" in the system
    String SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID = System.getenv("SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID");

    // there is a valid "service_account_access_token" for "service_account_user"
    String SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID =
        System.getenv("SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID");

    try {
      PersonalAccessTokenResponse result =
          apiInstance.getServiceAccountAccessToken(
              SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID, SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ServiceAccountsApi#getServiceAccountAccessToken");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```rust
// Get an access token for a service account returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_service_accounts::ServiceAccountsAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "service_account_user" in the system
    let service_account_user_data_id = std::env::var("SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID").unwrap();

    // there is a valid "service_account_access_token" for "service_account_user"
    let service_account_access_token_data_id =
        std::env::var("SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID").unwrap();
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = ServiceAccountsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .get_service_account_access_token(
            service_account_user_data_id.clone(),
            service_account_access_token_data_id.clone(),
        )
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Get an access token for a service account returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v2.ServiceAccountsApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "service_account_user" in the system
const SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID = process.env
  .SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID as string;

// there is a valid "service_account_access_token" for "service_account_user"
const SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID = process.env
  .SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID as string;

const params: v2.ServiceAccountsApiGetServiceAccountAccessTokenRequest = {
  serviceAccountId: SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_DATA_ID,
  patId: SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN_DATA_ID,
};

apiInstance
  .getServiceAccountAccessToken(params)
  .then((data: v2.PersonalAccessTokenResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
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