# Xc-token for API key \[Jun 17\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Discord-Discussions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/xc-token-for-api-key-jun-17/548 "2022-11-03T10:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/xc-token-for-api-key-jun-17/548/1 "2022-11-03T10:10:25Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **arsenio** _asked_ ## my container with noco has been restarted and API key (xc-auth) has changed, but my several apps use the old key. It’s a lot of work to change them all to the new API. #### #### Is it possible to restore an old API key? #### Thanx ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/xc-token-for-api-key-jun-17/548/2 "2022-11-03T10:10:26Z")
> πŸ’ **o1lab** _replied_ #### xc-auth is meant only for GUI usage and has a refresh time (10 or 12 hrs) # ---
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> πŸ’ **o1lab** _replied_ #### use xc-token header # ---
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> πŸ’ **o1lab** _replied_ #### create an API token within the prodcut # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### pls take a look here. #### #### [https://docs.nocodb.com/developer-resources/accessing-apis](https://docs.nocodb.com/developer-resources/accessing-apis) # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/xc-token-for-api-key-jun-17/548/6 "2022-11-03T10:10:31Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **arsenio** _replied_ #### yes, I did it. there is no such info. My question is If I can restore the old API # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **arsenio** _replied_ #### before the update I was using the same API for months # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **arsenio** _replied_ #### I mean xc-auth. but now probably I need to change in all my apps to xc-token, right? # ---
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> πŸ’ **o1lab** _replied_ #### xc-token is an API token that you can use until you delete the token # ---
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> πŸ’ **o1lab** _replied_ #### xc-auth has a expiry date # ---
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> πŸ’ **o1lab** _replied_ #### unsure on how u managed to use xc-auth without refresh # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **arsenio** _replied_ #### all right. thanx. # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **VA-Ohm** _replied_ #### same here, I made one (fortunately only one) script and it used xc-auth for several months # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **VA-Ohm** _replied_ #### just today I got the error # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **VA-Ohm** _replied_ #### it has never expired before # ---
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