---
title: "Authentication in the Adapty Developer CLI"
description: "How to authenticate with the Adapty Developer CLI."
---

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The CLI requires authentication to call the Adapty API.

## Log in

To log in:

1. In your terminal, run:
   ```bash
   adapty auth login
   ```
2. The CLI prints a verification code in `XXXX-XXXX` format and opens the Adapty Dashboard in your browser.
3. On the authorization page, confirm the code matches your terminal output.
4. Click **Authorize**. The browser shows "CLI authorized! You can close this tab."
5. Back in the terminal, the CLI confirms you are authenticated.

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If the code expires before you authorize, or if you click **Deny**, run the following command again to restart the flow:

```bash
adapty auth login
```

## Manage authentication

### Check authentication status

To see your current authentication state, run:

```bash
adapty auth status
```

When authenticated, the output shows your email, a masked token prefix, and the path to the local config file:

```
Email: you@example.com
Token: abcd1234****
Config: ~/.config/adapty/config.json
```

When not authenticated:

```
Not authenticated. Run `adapty auth login`.
```

### Verify your token

To confirm your token is valid and see your account details, run:

```bash
adapty auth whoami
```

Unlike `adapty auth status`, this command makes a live request to the server to verify the token.

### Log out

To clear your stored credentials locally, run:

```bash
adapty auth logout
```

This clears `~/.config/adapty/config.json`. The token remains valid server-side until it expires — if you need to invalidate it immediately, use `adapty auth revoke` instead.

### Revoke your token

To invalidate the token on the server and clear it locally, run:

```bash
adapty auth revoke
```

Use this when you want to fully invalidate a token — for example, if your credentials may have been compromised. After revoking, run `adapty auth login` to authenticate again.

## Token errors

If a token is revoked or becomes invalid, CLI commands return a 401 error. To re-authenticate, run:

```bash
adapty auth login
```