> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.enkryptify.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Exchange an API token for a JWT

> Exchanges an `ek_live_` API token (passed in the `Authorization: Bearer` header) for a short-lived 15-minute JWT. Use the JWT in the `Authorization` header on subsequent requests for stateless, low-latency calls. Rate limited to 10 requests per minute per token.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/auth/exchange
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Enkryptify API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    REST API for Enkryptify. Manage secrets, projects, teams and workspaces.
    Authenticate with an `ek_live_` API token via the `Authorization: Bearer`
    header. See https://docs.enkryptify.com/api-reference/introduction.
servers:
  - url: http://localhost:8080
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: auth
    description: Token exchange and authentication for API access.
  - name: workspace
    description: Workspaces group your projects, teams and members.
  - name: project
    description: Projects organize secrets per application or service.
  - name: team
    description: Teams scope which members can access which projects.
  - name: secret
    description: Read, create, update and delete secret values.
  - name: secret-share
    description: Create and consume time-bound encrypted secret shares.
  - name: tokens
    description: Manage API tokens for programmatic access.
  - name: sync
    description: Manage integrations that sync secrets to external systems.
  - name: me
    description: Inspect the authenticated user, sessions and preferences.
  - name: oidc
    description: Workspace-scoped OpenID Connect identity federation.
paths:
  /v1/auth/exchange:
    post:
      tags:
        - auth
      summary: Exchange an API token for a JWT
      description: >-
        Exchanges an `ek_live_` API token (passed in the `Authorization: Bearer`
        header) for a short-lived 15-minute JWT. Use the JWT in the
        `Authorization` header on subsequent requests for stateless, low-latency
        calls. Rate limited to 10 requests per minute per token.
      operationId: exchangeApiToken
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  accessToken:
                    type: string
                  expiresIn:
                    type: number
                  tokenType:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - accessToken
                  - expiresIn
                  - tokenType
                additionalProperties: false
      security:
        - apiKeyAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: |-
            curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/v1/auth/exchange' \
              -H 'Authorization: Bearer ek_live_xxxxx'
        - lang: javascript
          label: TypeScript
          source: >-
            const response = await
            fetch('http://localhost:8080/v1/auth/exchange', {
              method: 'POST',
              headers: {
                Authorization: 'Bearer ek_live_xxxxx',
              },
            });


            const data = await response.json();
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |-
            import requests

            response = requests.post(
                'http://localhost:8080/v1/auth/exchange',
                headers={
                    'Authorization': 'Bearer ek_live_xxxxx',
                },
            )

            data = response.json()
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: >-
        API key authentication. Pass `Authorization: Bearer ek_live_xxxxx` on
        every request.

````