API Access

Every Memos feature is available over the API. To call it programmatically, create a personal access token and send it as a Bearer credential.

Create a personal access token

Create and revoke tokens from your user settings in the app. Tokens use the memos_pat_ prefix, and the plain token value is shown only once at creation — store it somewhere safe.

Tokens are scoped to your user: API calls made with a token can do what your user can do.

Call the API

Pass the token in the Authorization header:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer memos_pat_..." \
  https://memos.example.com/api/v1/memos

Where to go next

• API Reference — every service and method, REST and gRPC
• Webhooks — push events instead of polling
• MCP Server — connect AI assistants using the same tokens
• Security — the full token security model