Agora account management

This page shows you how to sign up for an Agora account, create a new project, and get the app ID and app certificate to generate a temporary token.

Get started with Agora

To join a Chat session, you need an Agora App ID. This section shows you how to set up an Agora account, create an Agora project and get the required information from Agora Console.

Sign up for an Agora account

To use Agora products and services, create an Agora account with your email, phone number, or a third-party account.

Once you sign up successfully, your account is automatically logged in. Follow the on-screen instructions to create your first project and test out real-time communications.

For later visits, log in to Agora Console with your phone number, email address, or linked third-party account.

Create an Agora project

To create an Agora project, do the following:

1. In Agora Console, open the Projects page.

2. Click Create New.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to enter a project name and use case, and check Secured mode: APP ID + Token (Recommended) as the authentication mechanism.

   

4. Click Submit. You see the new project on the Projects page.

Get the App ID

Agora automatically assigns a unique identifier to each project, called an App ID.

To copy this App ID, find your project on the Projects page in Agora Console, and click the copy icon in the App ID column.

Security and authentication

Use the following features from your Agora account to implement security and authentication features in your apps.

Get the App Certificate

When generating an authentication token on your app server, you need an App Certificate, in addition to the App ID.

To get an App Certificate, do the following:

1. On the Projects page, click the pencil icon to edit the project you want to use.

   

2. Click the copy icon under Primary Certificate.

   

Generate temporary tokens

To ensure communication security, best practice is to use tokens to authenticate the users who log in from your app.

To generate a temporary RTC token for use in your projects:

1. On the Projects page, click the pencil icon next to your project.

2. On the Security panel, click Generate Temp Token, enter a channel name in the pop-up box and click Generate. Copy the generated RTC token for use in your Chat projects.

To generate a token for other Agora products:

1. In your browser, navigate to the Agora token builder.

2. Choose the Agora product your user wants to log in to. Fill in App ID and App Certificate with the details of your project in Agora Console.

3. Customize the token for each user. The required fields are visible in the Agora token builder.

   In , each authentication token you create is specific for a user ID in your app. You create a token for each user in the channel. When you call login using , ensure that the UID is the same as you used to create the token.

4. Click Generate Token.

   The token appears in Token Builder.

5. Copy the token and use it in your app.

For more information on managing other aspects of your Agora account, see Agora console overview.

For more information on managing other aspects of your Agora account, see Agora console overview.