GENERATE_TOKEN.md

🔧 wnc generate token

Generate a basic authentication token to connect to the WNC.

✨ Features

• Generates Base64-encoded Basic Authentication tokens
• Secure password handling
• Compatible with all wnc show commands

📋 Syntax

wnc generate token [options...]

⚙️ Flags

Flag	Alias	Type	Description	Required
--username	-u	string	Username to generate Basic Authentication header	Yes
--password	-p	string	Password to generate Basic Authentication header	Yes

📝 Usage

# Basic token generation
wnc generate token --username admin --password mypassword

# Store token in variable
TOKEN=$(wnc generate token --username admin --password mypassword)
echo "Generated token: $TOKEN"

# Use with abbreviated flags
wnc generate token -u admin -p mypassword

📤 Example Output

❯ ./wnc generate token --username admin --password mypassword
YWRtaW46bXlwYXNzd29yZA==

📖 Related Commands

• wnc show ap
• wnc show client
• wnc show overview