# Developing against api as a free agent user

**URL:** <https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/developing-against-api-as-a-free-agent-user/4312>\
**Category:** Authentication\
**Created:** [3 September 2024 15:42 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/developing-against-api-as-a-free-agent-user/4312 "2024-09-03T15:42:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![william](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@william](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/william)\
**Post date:** [3 September 2024 15:42 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/developing-against-api-as-a-free-agent-user/4312/1 "2024-09-03T15:42:23Z")

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Hi, I am a user of FreeAgent via my Accountants. Can i develop against the API? how do I get authorisation token against my account?  
Regards,

William

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**Author:** ![James\_Bell](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/james_bell/32/53_2.png) [@James\_Bell](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/James_Bell)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2024 12:51 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/developing-against-api-as-a-free-agent-user/4312/2 "2024-09-04T12:51:52Z")

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Hi William,

Yes you can. The actions that your software can take in a FreeAgent account is dictated by the permissions of the person signed into it. So you can develop software that can access all the things your user account can access.

If you’re interested in the specifics of how to get an authorisation token, our [OAuth 2](https://dev.freeagent.com/docs/oauth) documents cover that.

I hope that helps, and good luck!

James

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**Author:** ![william](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@william](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/william)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2024 18:34 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/developing-against-api-as-a-free-agent-user/4312/3 "2024-09-09T18:34:06Z")

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thanks, thats good news. I will check out the doc