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title: "How to Generate a HipChat Access Token."
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HipChat uses a different way to specify credentials compared to other Atlassian CLI products. An access **token** is used in place of **user** and **password** parameters.

1. Use a browser and login to your HipChat session.
2. Go to **Account Setting** by clicking on your person icon in the upper, right corner.
3. Select **API Access.**
4. Generate a token (if you haven't done that before). It should be a **40 character token** of letters and numbers.
5. Copy and paste this to use as your **token** parameter.