diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 19d333d..ddae356 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   end
 
   def authenticate_user_or_client!
-    current_user || current_client || redirect_to(root_path, flash: { notice: "You have been redirected." })
+    current_user || current_client || user_token || redirect_to(root_path, flash: { notice: "You have been redirected." })
   end
 
   def current_client
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   def current_ability
     @current_ability ||=
       current_client.try { |c| ClientAbility.new(c) } ||
-      UserAbility.new(current_user)
+      UserAbility.new(current_user || user_token)
+  end
+
+  def user_token
+    @user_token ||= authenticate_with_http_token do |token, options|
+      User.find_by key: token
+    end
   end
 
   def after_sign_in_path_for(resource)
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index a60aceb..754c918 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -50,4 +50,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     @@zeus ||= find_or_create_by name: 'Zeus'
   end
 
+  def generate_key
+    self.key = SecureRandom.base64(16) unless self.key
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.haml b/app/views/users/show.html.haml
index 5260746..3d067d0 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.haml
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@
       %th Message
   %tbody
 %h3="Zeus account number: BE32 9799 9370 6502"
+="API token: #{@user.key}"
+%br
+Example: 
+%code="curl -H \"Accept: application/json\" -H \"Authorization: Token token=#{@user.key}\" #{user_url(@user)}"
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180620161021_add_token_to_user.rb b/db/migrate/20180620161021_add_token_to_user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85c57b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180620161021_add_token_to_user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class AddTokenToUser < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :key, :string
+
+    User.all.each do |user|
+      user.generate_key
+      user.save
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0afdaf2..b00571f 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2017_01_23_151219) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2018_06_20_161021) do
 
   create_table "clients", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name", null: false
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2017_01_23_151219) do
     t.boolean "penning", default: false, null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.string "key"
     t.index ["balance"], name: "index_users_on_balance"
     t.index ["name"], name: "index_users_on_name"
   end