## Issue access token

`auth.issue_access_token(AuthIssueAccessTokenParams**kwargs)  -> AuthIssueAccessTokenResponse`

**post** `/v1/auth/access-tokens`

Issues a short-lived access token from the authenticated API key. Access tokens can optionally be bound to a specific employer or employee for scoped access. Tokens expire after 15 minutes.

### Parameters

- `grant_type: Literal["client_credentials"]`

  * `client_credentials` - client_credentials

  - `"client_credentials"`

- `bound_entity: Optional[BoundEntity]`

  Optional entity to bind the token to for scoped access

  - `id: str`

    Prefixed entity ID to bind the token to (empr_* for employer, empl_* for employee)

  - `type: Type`

    * `employer` - employer
    * `employee` - employee

    - `"employer"`

    - `"employee"`

### Returns

- `class AuthIssueAccessTokenResponse: …`

  - `access_token: str`

    The issued access token (vit_at_*)

  - `expires_in: int`

    Token lifetime in seconds

  - `token_type: str`

    Token type, always 'Bearer'

  - `bound_entity: Optional[BoundEntity]`

    Entity the token is bound to, if any

    - `id: str`

      Prefixed entity ID the token is bound to (empr_* or empl_*)

    - `type: Type`

      * `employer` - employer
      * `employee` - employee

      - `"employer"`

      - `"employee"`

### Example

```python
import os
from vitable_connect import VitableConnect

client = VitableConnect(
    api_key=os.environ.get("VITABLE_CONNECT_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.auth.issue_access_token(
    grant_type="client_credentials",
)
print(response.access_token)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "access_token": "vit_at_abc123def456...",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "expires_in": 910,
  "bound_entity": {
    "id": "empr_SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ",
    "type": "employer"
  }
}
```