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# Get API token by ID

> Retrieve an API token by their system-generated ID



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://app.stainless.com/api/spec/documented/grid/openapi.documented.yml get /tokens/{tokenId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Grid API
  description: >
    API for managing global payments on the open Money Grid. Built by
    Lightspark. See the full documentation at https://docs.lightspark.com/.
  version: '2025-10-13'
  contact:
    name: Lightspark Support
    email: support@lightspark.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://lightspark.com/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.lightspark.com/grid/2025-10-13
    description: Production server
security:
  - BasicAuth: []
  - AgentAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Platform Configuration
    description: >-
      Platform configuration endpoints for managing global settings. You can
      also configure these settings in the Grid dashboard.
  - name: Customers
    description: >-
      Customer management endpoints for creating and updating customer
      information
  - name: KYC/KYB Verifications
    description: >-
      Endpoints for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB)
      verification, including managing beneficial owners and triggering
      verification for customers.
  - name: Documents
    description: >-
      Endpoints for uploading and managing verification documents for customers
      and beneficial owners. Supports KYC and KYB document requirements.
  - name: Internal Accounts
    description: >-
      Internal account management endpoints for creating and managing internal
      accounts
  - name: External Accounts
    description: >-
      External account management endpoints for creating and managing external
      bank accounts
  - name: Same-Currency Transfers
    description: >-
      Endpoints for transferring funds between internal and external accounts
      with the same currency
  - name: Cross-Currency Transfers
    description: Endpoints for creating and confirming quotes for cross-currency transfers
  - name: Transactions
    description: Endpoints for retrieving transaction information
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoints and configuration for receiving notifications
  - name: Invitations
    description: Endpoints for creating, claiming and managing UMA invitations
  - name: Sandbox
    description: Endpoints to trigger test cases in sandbox
  - name: API Tokens
    description: Endpoints to programmatically manage API tokens
  - name: Exchange Rates
    description: >-
      Endpoints for retrieving cached foreign exchange rates. Rates are cached
      for approximately 5 minutes and include platform-specific fees.
  - name: Discoveries
    description: >-
      Endpoints for discovering available payment rails, banks, and providers
      for a given country and currency corridor.
  - name: Embedded Wallet Auth
    description: >-
      Endpoints for registering and verifying end-user authentication
      credentials (email OTP, OAuth, passkey) used to sign Embedded Wallet
      actions.
  - name: Agent Management
    description: >-
      Endpoints for creating and managing agents (experimental), called by the
      partner's backend using platform credentials. Covers the full agent
      lifecycle: creation, policy configuration, pausing, deletion, the device
      code installation flow, and approving or rejecting transactions initiated
      by agents.
  - name: Agent Operations
    description: >-
      Endpoints called by the agent itself using its own credentials (obtained
      via device code redemption). Scoped to the agent's associated customer —
      all requests automatically operate on behalf of that customer and are
      subject to the agent's policy. When an action requires approval, the
      resulting transaction enters a pending state and must be approved by the
      platform via `POST /transactions/{transactionId}/approve`.
  - name: Cards
    description: >-
      Card management endpoints. Issue debit cards against an internal account,
      freeze / unfreeze, close, manage card funding sources, and list card
      transactions.
paths:
  /tokens/{tokenId}:
    parameters:
      - name: tokenId
        in: path
        description: System-generated unique token identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
    get:
      tags:
        - API Tokens
      summary: Get API token by ID
      description: Retrieve an API token by their system-generated ID
      operationId: getTokenById
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiToken'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error401'
        '404':
          description: Token not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error404'
        '500':
          description: Internal service error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error500'
      security:
        - BasicAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import LightsparkGrid from '@lightsparkdev/grid';

            const client = new LightsparkGrid({
              username: process.env['GRID_CLIENT_ID'], // This is the default and can be omitted
              password: process.env['GRID_CLIENT_SECRET'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            const apiToken = await client.tokens.retrieve('tokenId');

            console.log(apiToken.id);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from grid import LightsparkGrid

            client = LightsparkGrid(
                username=os.environ.get("GRID_CLIENT_ID"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
                password=os.environ.get("GRID_CLIENT_SECRET"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            api_token = client.tokens.retrieve(
                "tokenId",
            )
            print(api_token.id)
        - lang: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/stainless-sdks/grid-go\"\n\t\"github.com/stainless-sdks/grid-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := grid.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithUsername(\"My Username\"),\n\t\toption.WithPassword(\"My Password\"),\n\t)\n\tapiToken, err := client.Tokens.Get(context.TODO(), \"tokenId\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", apiToken.ID)\n}\n"
        - lang: Kotlin
          source: |-
            package com.lightspark.grid.example

            import com.lightspark.grid.client.LightsparkGridClient
            import com.lightspark.grid.client.okhttp.LightsparkGridOkHttpClient
            import com.lightspark.grid.models.tokens.ApiToken
            import com.lightspark.grid.models.tokens.TokenRetrieveParams

            fun main() {
                val client: LightsparkGridClient = LightsparkGridOkHttpClient.fromEnv()

                val apiToken: ApiToken = client.tokens().retrieve("tokenId")
            }
        - lang: Ruby
          source: >-
            require "grid"


            lightspark_grid = Grid::Client.new(username: "My Username",
            password: "My Password")


            api_token = lightspark_grid.tokens.retrieve("tokenId")


            puts(api_token)
        - lang: PHP
          source: |-
            <?php

            require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

            use Grid\Client;
            use Grid\Core\Exceptions\APIException;

            $client = new Client(
              username: getenv('GRID_CLIENT_ID') ?: 'My Username',
              password: getenv('GRID_CLIENT_SECRET') ?: 'My Password',
            );

            try {
              $apiToken = $client->tokens->retrieve('tokenId');

              var_dump($apiToken);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: C#
          source: |-
            using System;
            using Grid;
            using Grid.Models.Tokens;

            LightsparkGridClient client = new();

            TokenRetrieveParams parameters = new() { TokenID = "tokenId" };

            var apiToken = await client.Tokens.Retrieve(parameters);

            Console.WriteLine(apiToken);
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            grid tokens retrieve \
              --username 'My Username' \
              --password 'My Password' \
              --token-id tokenId
components:
  schemas:
    ApiToken:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - permissions
        - clientId
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: System-generated unique identifier
          example: Token:019542f5-b3e7-1d02-0000-000000000001
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the token
          example: Sandbox read-only token
        permissions:
          type: array
          description: A list of permissions granted to the token
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permission'
        clientId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            An opaque identifier that should be used as a client_id (or
            username)  in the HTTP Basic Authentication scheme when issuing http
            requests to Grid.
          example: 01947d2284054f890000e63bca4810df
        clientSecret:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The secret that should be used to authenticate against Grid API.
            This secret is not stored and will never be available again after
            creation. Platform must keep this secret secure as it grants access
            to the account.
          example: ed0ad25881e234cc28fb2dec0a4fe64e4172
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Creation timestamp
          example: '2025-07-21T17:32:28Z'
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Last update timestamp
          example: '2025-07-21T17:32:28Z'
    Error401:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
        - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 401
          description: HTTP status code
        code:
          type: string
          description: >
            | Error Code | Description |

            |------------|-------------|

            | UNAUTHORIZED | Issue with API credentials |

            | INVALID_SIGNATURE | Signature header is invalid |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_MISSING | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` header is
            required for this Embedded Wallet action but was not supplied |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_MALFORMED | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` header
            could not be parsed (bad encoding, structure, or fields) |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_BODY_MISMATCH | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` was
            computed over a different request body than the one received |

            | WALLET_SIGNATURE_INVALID | The `Grid-Wallet-Signature` failed
            cryptographic verification against the registered credential |

            | REQUEST_ID_MISSING | The `Request-Id` header is required on the
            signed retry but was not supplied (paired with
            `Grid-Wallet-Signature`) |
          enum:
            - UNAUTHORIZED
            - INVALID_SIGNATURE
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_MISSING
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_MALFORMED
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_BODY_MISMATCH
            - WALLET_SIGNATURE_INVALID
            - REQUEST_ID_MISSING
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details
          additionalProperties: true
    Error404:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
        - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 404
          description: HTTP status code
        code:
          type: string
          description: >
            | Error Code | Description |

            |------------|-------------|

            | TRANSACTION_NOT_FOUND | Transaction not found |

            | INVITATION_NOT_FOUND | Invitation not found |

            | USER_NOT_FOUND | Customer not found |

            | QUOTE_NOT_FOUND | Quote not found |

            | LOOKUP_REQUEST_NOT_FOUND | Lookup request not found |

            | TOKEN_NOT_FOUND | Token not found |

            | BULK_UPLOAD_JOB_NOT_FOUND | Bulk upload job not found |

            | REFERENCE_NOT_FOUND | Reference not found |

            | UMA_NOT_FOUND | The UMA address is well-formed but no receiver
            exists at the counterparty VASP |
          enum:
            - TRANSACTION_NOT_FOUND
            - INVITATION_NOT_FOUND
            - USER_NOT_FOUND
            - QUOTE_NOT_FOUND
            - LOOKUP_REQUEST_NOT_FOUND
            - TOKEN_NOT_FOUND
            - BULK_UPLOAD_JOB_NOT_FOUND
            - REFERENCE_NOT_FOUND
            - UMA_NOT_FOUND
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details
          additionalProperties: true
    Error500:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
        - code
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 500
          description: HTTP status code
        code:
          type: string
          description: |
            | Error Code | Description |
            |------------|-------------|
            | GRID_SWITCH_ERROR | Grid switch error |
            | INTERNAL_ERROR | Internal server or UMA error |
          enum:
            - GRID_SWITCH_ERROR
            - INTERNAL_ERROR
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        details:
          type: object
          description: Additional error details
          additionalProperties: true
    Permission:
      type: string
      enum:
        - VIEW
        - TRANSACT
        - MANAGE
      description: >-
        Permission of an API token that determines what actions the token can
        perform: VIEW: Can view all data, including platform config, customers
        and transactions TRANSACT: Can send payments MANAGE: Can manage platform
        config, api tokens and customers
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: >-
        API token authentication using format `<api token id>:<api client
        secret>`
    AgentAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Bearer token authentication for agent-scoped endpoints. The token is the
        `accessToken` returned when redeeming a device code via `POST
        /agents/device-codes/{code}/redeem`. Agent credentials are user-scoped:
        all requests are automatically bound to the agent's associated customer
        and subject to the agent's policy.

````