What is the best way to get the salesforce security token of an API Only user?

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API-only users cannot log in and choose 'Reset my security token'. Right now, in my company, we select a System Administrator profile for users, log in for the first time, choose 'Reset my security token', then change the profile to a custom profile that has API only enabled. The other way of doing it is, modifying the profile to not have API the only user checked initially and then turn it on once the security token is received. Is there a recommended way to do this? Is there an option to force the security token to be sent when the user is created with a profile that has API user enabled?

Angela Baker · Accepted Answer

Users can obtain their salesforce security token by changing their password or resetting their security token via the Salesforce user interface. When a user changes their password or resets their security token, Salesforce sends a new security token to the email address on the user’s Salesforce record. The security token is valid until a user resets their security token, changes their password, or has their password reset.

So you can try changing the user password to get the salesforce security token.

What is the best way to get the salesforce security token of an API Only user?

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