sections: authentication:authentication-cli-create-token-restrict

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authentication:authentication-cli-create-token-restrict	authentication	authentication-cli-create-token-restrict	Restricting the actions that a token can perform	Tokens created using datasette create-token ACTOR_ID will inherit all of the permissions of the actor that they are associated with. You can pass additional options to create tokens that are restricted to a subset of that actor's permissions. To restrict the token to just specific permissions against all available databases, use the --all option: datasette create-token root --all insert-row --all update-row This option can be passed as many times as you like. In the above example the token will only be allowed to insert and update rows. You can also restrict permissions such that they can only be used within specific databases: datasette create-token root --database mydatabase insert-row The resulting token will only be able to insert rows, and only to tables in the mydatabase database. Finally, you can restrict permissions to individual resources - tables, SQL views and named queries - within a specific database: datasette create-token root --resource mydatabase mytable insert-row These options have short versions: -a for --all , -d for --database and -r for --resource . You can add --debug to see a JSON representation of the token that has been created. Here's a full example: datasette create-token root \ --secret mysecret \ --all view-instance \ --all view-table \ --database docs view-query \ --resource docs documents insert-row \ --resource docs documents update-row \ --debug This example outputs the following: dstok_.eJxFizEKgDAMRe_y5w4qYrFXERGxDkVsMI0uxbubdjFL8l_ez1jhwEQCA6Fjjxp90qtkuHawzdjYrh8MFobLxZ_wBH0_gtnAF-hpS5VfmF8D_lnd97lHqUJgLd6sls4H1qwlhA.nH_7RecYHj5qSzvjhMU95iy0Xlc Decoded: { "a": "root", "token": "dstok", "t": 1670907246, "_r": { "a": [ "vi", "vt" ], "d": { "docs": [ "vq" ] }, "r": { "docs": { "documents": [ "ir", "ur" ] } } } }	["Authentication and permissions", "API Tokens", "datasette create-token"]	[]