Title: What is API token?
Last modified: May 1, 2020

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# What is API token?

 *  Resolved [arskrigitsioniets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arskrigitsioniets/)
 * (@arskrigitsioniets)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-api-token/)
 * In settings, I was offered to register for obtaining API token. What is it and
   what is it needed for?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [ethicalhack3r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethicalhack3r/)
 * (@ethicalhack3r)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-api-token/#post-12783338)
 * Hi! The API token is used to authenticate to our remote vulnerability database,
   to be able to download the vulnerability data in real time.

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