# 3rd party API access

**URL:** <https://community.servicem8.com/t/3rd-party-api-access/287>\
**Category:** API & SDK\
**Created:** [February 22, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.servicem8.com/t/3rd-party-api-access/287 "2025-02-22T19:07:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.servicem8.com/t/3rd-party-api-access/287/1 "2025-02-22T19:07:50Z")

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**Originally posted by Chris Targett-Adams**

I’ve been playing about with the Rest API during the past few days with the intention of writing some addons/external integrations to ServiceM8. My understanding so far is that it is not possible to use the API unless you have a ServiceM8 account, because, without it, you cannot go though the authorization process to get tokens. Fine, but what if I want to provide my external integration to a customer who does not have an account? This must be possible, as it is my understanding that the old Customer Portal add-on, for example, did precisely that. The only way I can think of doing it is to essentially give the customer an access and refresh token which i have generated. Is that what is required?

Thanks in advance!