Observasaurus: Tokens

Tokens give software agents permission to send data to Observe endpoints. Once collected, the data is visible in a Datastream, gets accelerated into one or more Datasets, and is then used by Worksheets, Dashboards, and Monitors.

There are two types of tokens in Observe:

Bearer Tokens enable systems to send data into an Observe datastream. These may be enabled, disabled, or deleted without impacting ingest associated with a different token for the same stream. This allows Tokens to be more easily rotated.

Authentication Tokens enable systems to interact with Observe’s API. These have more stringent limitations on authentication and expiration than datastream tokens.