# pw auth token

> Source: https://parallelworks.com/docs/cli/pw/auth/token

## pw auth token

Authenticate the CLI with a short-term token

### Synopsis

After you enter **pw auth token**, the CLI will prompt you to paste your short-term token on a new line.

You can create a new token on ACTIVATE by going to **Account** > **Authentication** > **API Keys**. For more information about these steps, please see [this page](/docs/account-settings/authentication#managing-tokens).

These short-term tokens last a maximum of 24 hours, after which you will need to re-authenticate.

Alternatively, you can authenticate with an API key. Please see **pw auth apikey** for more information.

Use **--context-name** to specify a custom name for the context. This is useful if you want multiple contexts for the same user/server combination.

```
pw auth token [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --context-name string   Name for the context (defaults to user@server)
  -h, --help                  help for token
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --context string         The context to use. Overrides PW_CONTEXT environment variable and current context from config.
      --platform-host string   The Parallel Works ACTIVATE platform host to use. Will override any other platform host settings.
  -v, --verbose                Enable verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [pw auth](/docs/cli/pw/auth)	 - Authenticate the CLI