# API token when Freeagent account is held by a 3rd party

**URL:** <https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/api-token-when-freeagent-account-is-held-by-a-3rd-party/6267>\
**Category:** Authentication\
**Created:** [21 November 2025 08:25 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/api-token-when-freeagent-account-is-held-by-a-3rd-party/6267 "2025-11-21T08:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![lbaker12345](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/lbaker12345/32/1154_2.png) [@lbaker12345](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/lbaker12345)\
**Post date:** [21 November 2025 08:25 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/api-token-when-freeagent-account-is-held-by-a-3rd-party/6267/1 "2025-11-21T08:25:07Z")

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Hi

My accountant (Aardavrk Accountants) holds the relationship with Freeagent, so how do I get the API Token so that I can download all my business accounts? My freeagent setup seems to restrict full usage. Do my accountants request it for me? If so can you explain the process? Thx Leigh

as an update i tried to go to this link [https://api.freeagent.com/v2/approve\_app](https://api.freeagent.com/v2/approve_app) but got “unknown application”

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**Author:** ![Jamie\_McGlone](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/jamie_mcglone/32/1273_2.png) [@Jamie\_McGlone](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/Jamie_McGlone)\
**Post date:** [9 December 2025 14:34 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/api-token-when-freeagent-account-is-held-by-a-3rd-party/6267/3 "2025-12-09T14:34:32Z")

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Hi 👋

Jamie from FreeAgent here. 🙂

It looks like you may be getting the unknown application error because you’ve not included a `client_id` in your authorisation request. When calling the authorisation endpoint (mentioned [here](https://dev.freeagent.com/docs/quick_start#:~:text=OAuth%20Authorization%20Endpoint)), you need to include `response_type=code` and `client_id=<client_id>` parameters with the id of the app you created in dev dashboard. e.g. [`https://api.freeagent.com/v2/approve_app?response_type=code&client_id=foo`](https://api.freeagent.com/v2/approve_app?response_type=code&client_id=foo)

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Jamie