If you plan to use the Quickbase HTTP API to make API calls to your application, Quickbase provides an additional security measure that you should implement within each API call. Application tokens provide an added level of security. Quickbase recommends using app tokens unless you authenticate using a user token.
There are some situations in which you should deactivate application tokens:
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If you use exact forms in an application, you must deactivate application tokens or the exact form feature won't work.
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If you have trouble incorporating a Quickbase add-on or wizard that uses tokens, you can deactivate tokens.
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If your application features formula URL fields that include API calls, you can save yourself the trouble of updating those calls with tokens by deactivating tokens in your application. But deactivating tokens is a workaround solution and means that you lose the additional level of security that tokens supply.
To deactivate application tokens:
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Select the application you want, click Settings, then click App properties.
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Click Advanced settings to expand the section, if needed.
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Opposite Application Tokens, clear the Require Application Tokens checkbox.
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Click the Save button on the Page bar. API calls to this application no longer require an application token.