# Difficulty Accessing API / Personal Access Tokens

**URL:** <https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/difficulty-accessing-api-personal-access-tokens/6300>\
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**Created:** [5 December 2025 14:34 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/difficulty-accessing-api-personal-access-tokens/6300 "2025-12-05T14:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lewis\_Burgess](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/lewis_burgess/32/1131_2.png) [@Lewis\_Burgess](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/Lewis_Burgess)\
**Post date:** [5 December 2025 14:34 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/difficulty-accessing-api-personal-access-tokens/6300/1 "2025-12-05T14:34:02Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to set up an integration between my Google Sheets client onboarding form and FreeAgent via n8n. I’ve encountered a few issues and need guidance:

1. I created a separate **developer FreeAgent account** to create an API application, because my main account does not show **Settings → Developer → API Applications**.

2. When attempting to connect via OAuth2, n8n requires that the account authorizing the app be the same account that created it. This prevents me from connecting the API app to my main FreeAgent account, which contains the organisation data I need.

3. I also cannot find the **Personal Access Tokens** option in my main account. I understand this is an alternative to OAuth2, but it appears to be missing from my account entirely.

I would like to:

- Connect n8n to my main FreeAgent account to automate creating contacts from Google Sheets.

Could you please advise:

- How I can enable Personal Access Tokens on my main account, or

- How I can properly authorize an API application for my main account given the current limitations?

Thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![deanpcmad](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/deanpcmad/32/920_2.png) [@deanpcmad](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/deanpcmad)\
**Post date:** [11 December 2025 11:22 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/difficulty-accessing-api-personal-access-tokens/6300/2 "2025-12-11T11:22:33Z")

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FreeAgent doesn’t have a “Personal Access Tokens” feature, so you would need to use OAuth for the user to login and then you’ll get their access & refresh tokens.

FA do offer a Sandbox version of their site, so you’ll likely want to test against that instead of using the production version. Here’s the docs for that - [FreeAgent Developer Dashboard](https://dev.freeagent.com/docs/quick_start)