# Cakephp 3.8 - Token authentication

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-token-authentication/7852>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-token-authentication/7852 "2020-05-22T21:03:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Julian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Julian](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Julian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-token-authentication/7852/1 "2020-05-22T21:03:11Z")

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Hello, im new in cakephp and im trying to implement the use of tokens to authentication in my app, but i have not been able to find something clear to implement, and in cake’s blog there is not anything related to the use of tokens, i hope somebody can help me with this.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Zuluru](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/zuluru/32/1230_2.png) [@Zuluru](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Zuluru)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-token-authentication/7852/2 "2020-05-22T21:12:52Z")

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Are you using the Auth component or the new plugin? The latter has [this](https://book.cakephp.org/authentication/2/en/authenticators.html#token).

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**Author:** ![Julian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Julian](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Julian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-token-authentication/7852/3 "2020-05-22T21:15:41Z")

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would be there any problem if i implement that in my app? because that is released to cake 2

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**Author:** ![Zuluru](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/zuluru/32/1230_2.png) [@Zuluru](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Zuluru)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-token-authentication/7852/4 "2020-05-22T21:39:43Z")

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It’s version 2 of the authentication plugin, which works with Cake 3+.