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.. _cmd_account_token:

platformio account token
===========================

.. contents::

Usage
-----

.. code-block:: bash

    platformio account token
    pio account token

Description
-----------

Get or regenerate Personal Authentication Token. It is very useful for :ref:`ci`
systems, :ref:`pioremote` operations where you are not able to authorize manually.

PlatformIO handles Personal Authentication Token from environment variable
:envvar:`PLATFORMIO_AUTH_TOKEN`.

Options
~~~~~~~

.. program:: platformio account token

.. option::
    --regenerate

    If this option is specified a new authentication token will be generated.

.. option::
    --json-output

Return the output in `JSON <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON>`_ format
