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# Create Link Token

> Create a Link Token.

### header

<ParamField path="checkout_id" type="string">
  The checkout ID that the merchant received in response to the POST Checkout request.
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string">
  The authentication token that you will get in the success response on 'verify\_user' api.
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="link-token" type="string">
  The Merchant User Token is received as the response to the API call `generate_link_token`.
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="success" type="number">
  This Response field will return unique 'link\_token' and status code 200 if the transaction succeeds.
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Example Request theme={null}
  curl --location --request POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/consumers/checkout/{checkout_id}/create_link_token/' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token <token>' \
  --header 'link-token: <link-token>'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}

    "link_token": "link-sandbox-edb99fda-46e4-4cb5-b6e7-302b9f242252",
    "expiration": "2023-08-21T17:10:28Z",
    "request_id": "IqxHbaz4S6WJXvP"
      
  ```
</ResponseExample>