You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

  • NocoDB

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Supported authentication methods

  • API token (recommended)

  • User auth token

    NocoDB deprecated user auth tokens in v0.205.1. Use API tokens instead.

Refer to NocoDB’s API documentation for more information about the service.

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Using API token

To configure this credential, you’ll need a NocoDB instance and:

  • An API Token
  • Your database Host

To generate an API token:

  1. Log into NocoDB and select the User menu in the bottom left sidebar.
  2. Select Account Settings.
  3. Open the Tokens tab.
  4. Select Add new API token.
  5. Enter a Name for your token.
  6. Select Save.
  7. Copy the API Token and enter it in your credential.
  8. Enter the Host of your NocoDB instance in your credential, for example http://localhost:8080.

Refer to the NocoDB API Tokens documentation for more detailed instructions.

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Using user auth token

Before NocoDB deprecated it, user auth token was a temporary token designed for quick experiments with the API, valid for a session until the user logs out or for 10 hours.

NocoDB deprecated user auth tokens in v0.205.1. Use API tokens instead.

To configure this credential, you’ll need a NocoDB instance and:

  • A User Token
  • Your database Host

To generate a user auth token:

  1. Log into NocoDB and select the User menu in the bottom left sidebar.
  2. Select Copy Auth token.
  3. Enter that auth token as the User Token.
  4. Enter the Host of your NocoDB instance, for example http://localhost:8080.

Refer to the NocoDB Auth Tokens documentation for more information.