WARNING
If you are using Services or Functions(Classic) and have included your auth token directly instead of using a variable, you must wait for 1 minute for the update of your auth token to propagate. Otherwise, those functions and services will fail with a
403 Forbiddenerror.
Twilio uses the Account SID and Auth Token to authenticate API requests. However, you can also create a secondary Auth Token. A secondary Auth Token is a backup to your primary Auth Token and works the same way as your primary token. Secondary Auth tokens can be promoted to the primary token, thereby replacing the previous primary token.
Secondary Auth Token properties
When you create a Secondary Auth Token, you will get the following properties in the response:
| Properties | Description | PII status |
|---|---|---|
| account_sid SID(AC) | The SID of the Account that the secondary Auth Token was created for. Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$ Min length: 34 Max length: 34 | NOT PII |
| date_created string(date-time) | The date and time in UTC when the resource was created specified in ISO 8601 format. | NOT PII |
| date_updated string(date-time) | The date and time in UTC when the resource was last updated specified in ISO 8601 format. | NOT PII |
| secondary_auth_token string | The generated secondary Auth Token that can be used to authenticate future API requests. | PII MTL: 0 days |
| url string(uri) | The URL for this resource, relative to https://accounts.twilio.com | NOT PII |
The Auth Token can be rotated in the Console or with this API. The Twilio REST API can be used to,