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+# Description
+Access to the admin API is based on access tokens.
+With password-based auth, a simple flow is available to get exchange username/password for a session token.
+
+With the introduction of strategy-based auth, it is much harder to automate access to the api. For example, where auth is based on interaction with the Twitter website.
+
+
+## Configuration
+The `apiAccessTokens` propety in `settings.js` can used to add the setting-defined accessToken.
+
+```Javascript
+apiAccessTokens: [
+    // you can add multiple access tokens
+    {
+        token: "0123456789abcdefghijk",  // access token
+        user: "root",                    // user
+        scope: ["*"]                     // scope
+    }
+]
+```
+
+* **acccess token**
+The access token is used to access the adminAPI by setting it in HTTP Bearer header. The value should be a string with the different length from session token in order to avoid a conflict between access tokens and session tokens. 
+
+* **user**
+The user is used to identify as which user access the adminAPI. The value in the user should be the `username` property in any record in `adminAuth.users` property in `settings.js` file.
+
+* **scope**
+The scope is used to specify which access permissions is granted to the specified user. This value should be a array object like `permissions` property in a record in `adminAuth.users` property in `settings.js` file.
+
+## Behaver/Implementation
+* The verify process for access token is implemented in the exisiting session token functions in `red/api/auth/tokens.js`. This means that we should NOT change the other functions.
+* If same access tokens are defined in `apiAccessTokens` property in `settings.js` file, the only last access token is active. This means that scope properties are NOT merged.
+* If the specified access token is same to a session token, the specified access token is active but the session token is NOT active.