how to use --api-token?

[rccoleman]

I'm trying to automate command line access to the hassio CLI and I can't figure out how to use the --api-token argument. I get an error without it saying that I need to specify a token, but if I create a long-life-access-token in the UI and use it, I get a "403 Forbidden" message in hassio-cli and this in the system log:

19-03-22 19:05:09 ERROR (MainThread) [hassio.api.security] Invalid token for access /homeassistant/info

I can't find that message anywhere in the Hass code, and I've looked through all the auth sections for what could be wrong. It looks like the hassio component may require a username/password? But then I don't know how to specify that to hassio-cli.

Any pointers?

[rccoleman]

Solved my own problem in several ways, documented here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/using-long-lived-access-tokens-to-execute-hassio-commands-over-ssh/106878/2

[frenck]

@rccoleman That seems incorrect.
The token needed is an Hass.io API token, not a Home Assistant token.

You can use the remote API developers add-on to get an endpoint & token: https://github.com/home-assistant/hassio-addons-development

[rccoleman]

Thanks for the link. Which part do you think is incorrect? I'm using the last one on a regular basis now. I'm happy to edit my post if it's incorrect.

[frenck]

@rccoleman

While you can use an HA API token for HA related calls, this will not work on ALL the other calls.