# Best way to get Oauth token for API **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386 "2016-09-14T23:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GaryTheCoolGuyIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@GaryTheCoolGuyIII](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/GaryTheCoolGuyIII)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/1 "2016-09-14T23:36:10Z")
Hello. I have been working on a chat bot for quite awhile now, and recently I have taken the plunge to give the bot access to Twitch and other API’s. The issue I have come up with is that it seems like in order to get an Oauth token in order to make authorized requests, I need a redirect URL… My bot has no site, I own/host no sites, and I have absolutely no experience with anything more than the mere basic HTML and such. What is the easiest way to get an Oauth token despite this difficulty? ---
**Author:** ![ceriath](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/ceriath/32/1547_2.png) [@ceriath](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/ceriath)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/2 "2016-09-15T01:43:34Z")
use [http://localhost](http://localhost) and extract it from the url. you could do that easily with some basic php, javascript, or just ask google about it, there is a bunch of examples 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![3ventic](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/3ventic/32/298_2.png) [@3ventic](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/3ventic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/3 "2016-09-15T03:18:19Z")
Using the Twitch js sdk on github pages is simple and free. ---
**Author:** ![GaryTheCoolGuyIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@GaryTheCoolGuyIII](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/GaryTheCoolGuyIII)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/4 "2016-09-15T19:11:42Z")
As I stated in the OP: I don’t host a site, I don’t know PHP or Javascript, and all my googling has found examples that involve some sort of site, but like I said, since this is a one-off personal bot, I don’t have any sort of site or tools like that. ---
**Author:** ![george](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/george/32/120_2.png) [@george](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/george)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/5 "2016-09-15T21:20:44Z")
Absolutely easiest would be [https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/](https://twitchapps.com/tokengen/). I created this website for one-off token requests when I need them. ---
**Author:** ![GaryTheCoolGuyIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@GaryTheCoolGuyIII](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/GaryTheCoolGuyIII)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/6 "2016-09-17T13:21:40Z")
Thank you. I was looking specifically for something like this. Something super easy to input everything and get what I need. Also appreciate you using the implicit flow. Give this man a cookie… platter… with a server… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/best-way-to-get-oauth-token-for-api/7386/7 "2016-10-17T13:21:41Z")
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