# Getting/Finding an access token

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/getting-finding-an-access-token/44084>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [September 21, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/getting-finding-an-access-token/44084 "2018-09-21T05:39:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/getting-finding-an-access-token/44084/4 "2018-09-21T08:11:26Z")

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You can use any of the access tokens that haven't expired yet for any of your devices.

But I'm not sure you can put the access\_token into the POST request as an URL-encoded parameter.

You could use [Particel API JS](https://docs.particle.io/reference/javascript/) or have a look at this slightly dated tutorial

> [@Tutorial: Spark Variable and Function on One Web Page](https://community.particle.io/t/tutorial-spark-variable-and-function-on-one-web-page/4181):
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> Let’s say you have a Spark core with both a Spark variable and a Spark function. In my case, I have the world’s simplest servo control sketch, using the nice miniature servo in the Spark Maker Kit. Using these parts, we will build a servo that you can control from a web page anywhere and monitor the position of the servo too! Here’s a preview of the finished tutorial: [image] There is a coarse adjust slider, two fine adjust buttons, and the current position of the servo is displayed. That…

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