# Source: https://developers.raycast.com/utilities/oauth/getaccesstoken.md

# getAccessToken

Utility function designed for retrieving authorization tokens within a component. It ensures that your React components have the necessary authentication state, either through OAuth or a personal access token.

{% hint style="info" %}
`getAccessToken` **must** be used within components that are nested inside a component wrapped with [`withAccessToken`](https://developers.raycast.com/utilities/oauth/withaccesstoken). Otherwise, the function will fail with an error.
{% endhint %}

## Signature

```tsx
function getAccessToken(): {
  token: string;
  type: "oauth" | "personal";
};
```

### Return

The function returns an object containing the following properties:

* `token`: A string representing the access token.
* `type`: An optional string that indicates the type of token retrieved. It can either be `oauth` for OAuth tokens or `personal` for personal access tokens.

## Example

```tsx
import { Detail } from "@raycast/api";
import { authorize } from "./oauth";

function AuthorizedComponent() {
  const { token } = getAccessToken();
  return <Detail markdown={`Access token: ${token}`} />;
}

export default withAccessToken({ authorize })(AuthorizedComponent);
```