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Create an API Service Account in Marketing Cloud Intelligence

You can create an API service account from your profile if you have API access. The client ID and private key are valid for 24 months.

Required Editions

User Permissions Needed
To create an API service account: User with Enable API Access
  1. To the right of the navigation bar, click the dropdown arrow, and click your name to access your profile settings.
  2. To create an API service account, next to API Access Token, click Generate/Refresh.
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    The API service account’s details are download in a text file locally on your machine. Store this file securely.
    Note
    Note Generate/Refresh generates the new API service account details. It does not generate the Access Token. The old string tokens are a separate entity and will remain supported until their deprecation date.
    The downloaded file looks like this:
    api_token_sample
    The token provides this information:
    • serviceAccountId—Represents your client ID that you use to generate an access token.
    • privateKey—Your RSA private key you use to sign your private key JWT (JSON Web Token).
    • discoveryEndpoint—Use this URL to retrieve the access token generation endpoint and the issuer address.