{"id":632,"date":"2025-03-18T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goprofiles.io\/help\/?p=632"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:04:58","slug":"okta-api-key-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goprofiles.io\/help\/okta-api-key-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Okta API Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article is meant to provide you insight on what you should expect to see when your Customer Success Manager helps you connect Okta to GoProfiles via API. Reading this prior to connecting the two platforms can help you walk through the connection process smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you start, note that in Okta, API tokens are generated with the permissions of the user that created the token. If a user\u2019s permissions change, then so do the token\u2019s. 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