Authentication

Learn how to authenticate to the Stax API

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Stax provides two types of credentials for authenticating to the Stax API - Stax API Tokens and Session Credentials. The credentials serve different purposes and your use case will dictate which type of credentials you will use.

Overview

The below table provides a summary of API Tokens and Session Credentials.

	API Tokens	Session Credentials
Description	Long-lived credentials you can create within Stax	Short-term credentials which are created as part of your Stax session
Use case	Designed for machines, such as automated build pipelines	Designed for Humans, especially those who want to experiment and explore the Stax API on an ad-hoc basis
Usage	API Tokens can only be used with the Stax SDK for Python	Session Credentials can be used with a developer tool, such as Postman. They do not work with the Stax SDK for Python
Attributes	Name, Description, Tags, Role, Access Key and Secret Key	Access Key ID, Secret Access Key and Session Token. The role is assumed from your Stax user
Accessibility	Accessed via the Customer Menu in the left-hand nav, under API Tokens	Accessed via the left-hand nav, under the Profile page
Validity	Do not expire, however, we recommend you rotate API Tokens every 90 days	Expire after 60 min

If you'd like to learn more about API Tokens and using them with the Stax SDK for Python, please see:

To learn more about using Session credentials with Postman please see:

Using Session Credentials with Postman