Authentication Token Overview (BETA)

The JWT authentication scheme with Sila will follow the conventional HTTP Bearer token scheme:

• Request an auth_token for your client application from the Sila API; this auth token will have a token value and an expiration timestamp.

  Refer to the [/auth_token](https://docs.silamoney.com/docs/auth_token docs for more information

• Store this auth_token in your local database, and continue to re-use this token for application-level authorization for all requests until it's nearly expired.
• If and when you notice that the token's expiration time is almost up (30 minutes or less), you may request a new auth token from the Sila API.

  Use of an expired token will return a 401 response.
  Refer to the Auth Token Management docs for more information