# Authenticate and api post request with curl

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/authenticate-and-api-post-request-with-curl/78672>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authenticate-and-api-post-request-with-curl/78672 "2022-02-21T22:27:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![melanie.alexandra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/melanie.alexandra/32/33322_2.png) [@melanie.alexandra](https://community.auth0.com/u/melanie.alexandra)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authenticate-and-api-post-request-with-curl/78672/1 "2022-02-21T22:27:39Z")

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Hey I’m trying to figure out how to authenticate and post to an api with just a curl request - how do I chain the requests together so I pass the authenticated user to my api?

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**Author:** ![ejazpacheco](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@ejazpacheco](https://community.auth0.com/u/ejazpacheco)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authenticate-and-api-post-request-with-curl/78672/2 "2022-02-22T02:08:07Z")

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Hi Melanie,  
This should help.

> **[Get Management API Access Tokens for Production](https://auth0.com/docs/secure/tokens/access-tokens/get-management-api-access-tokens-for-production)**
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> Learn how to get Access Tokens to make scheduled frequent calls to the Management API.

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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authenticate-and-api-post-request-with-curl/78672/3 "2022-02-22T11:09:31Z")

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Teamwork makes the dreamwork!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authenticate-and-api-post-request-with-curl/78672/4 "2022-03-09T11:09:35Z")

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