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# PIC-SURE Personal Access Token

## PIC-SURE Personal Access Token

To access the PIC-SURE API, a user-specific token is needed. This is the way the API grants individual users access to participant-level protected-access data. The user token is strictly personal; do not share it with anyone.

You can copy your personalized access token by selecting the **Prepare for Analysis** tab at the top of the screen.

<figure><img src="https://4002529329-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LwOmaDlbanAQ-7fhd89%2Fuploads%2FB1LkaFj5ZbaVH0VuJYIU%2Ftoken.png?alt=media&amp;token=4d068b59-9000-4659-b5e5-bfb277f23512" alt=""><figcaption><p>Personalized Access Token displayed in the Prepare for Analysis tab.</p></figcaption></figure>

Here, you can **Copy** your personalized access token, **Reveal** your token, and **Refresh** your token to retrieve a new token and deactivate the old token.