# Authentication

The Pylon API uses [Bearer](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6750#section-2.1) authentication. This means you’ll need to pass your API token in the header of your request:

```
Authorization: Bearer <token>
```

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Generate an API token in the [Pylon dashboard](https://app.usepylon.com/settings/api-tokens).
{% endhint %}

Once creating a token, you can hit the [`/me`](https://docs.usepylon.com/pylon-docs/developer/api/api-reference/me) endpoint to retrieve details about your organization to confirm your token is working as expected.

{% hint style="info" %}
Actions performed by the token will show up with name of the token.
{% endhint %}


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