Summary

The createPersonalUserTokenV2() GraphQL mutation field is used to create a personal user token for the user. It will inherit the same permissions as the user.

API Stability Long-Term

Syntax

graphql
createPersonalUserTokenV2(
       input: CreatePersonalUserTokenV2Input!
    ): CreatePersonalUserTokenV2Output!

For the input, you'd give the unique identifier of an IP filter to use, and when the token will expire. See the Input Parameters section for details.

For the results, you can get the IP filter, when the it will expire, etc. See the Returned Values section for more.

Example

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input: ^
       { expireAt: null } ) ^
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } } ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  createPersonalUserTokenV2(input:
       { expireAt: null } )
  { token, tokenMetadata { name } }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "createPersonalUserTokenV2": {
      "token": "abc123-def456-ghi789",
      "tokenMetadata": {
        "name": "Personal token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Input Parameters

For the input, you may specify the unique identifier of an IP filter that you want to use, and when the token will expire. These are explained in the table below:

Table: CreatePersonalUserTokenV2Input Input Datatype

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some input parameters may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return values, this indicates that you are assured a value if the field is requested for the results.
Table last updated: Sep 23, 2025
expireAtlong  Long-TermThe date when the token expires.
ipFilterIdstring  Long-TermThe IP address on which to filter access.

Returned Values

For the results, you can get the IP filter, if there is one, that's used with the token, when the token will expire, and other information. The table below contains some details:

Table: CreatePersonalUserTokenV2Output Datatype

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some input parameters may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return values, this indicates that you are assured a value if the field is requested for the results.
Table last updated: Oct 13, 2025
tokenstringyes Long-TermThe personal user token.
tokenMetadataPersonalUserTokenyes Long-TermMetadata about the token. See PersonalUserToken, which implements Token.