Add possibility to clone API tokens

[markkuleinio]

NetBox version

v3.7.1

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

I'm proposing adding a Clone function in API tokens, the similar way the Clone button works for example in prefixes.

Desired functionality:

• Open an API token
• Click Clone (the new button proposed here)
• The resulted form is basically the same as in adding a new token, but:
  • User, Write enabled, Expires, Description and Allowed IPs fields are prepopulated with the previous values (user can change them if needed)
  • Key field is a new randomly generated key, just like when creating a new API token

Use case

The use case is rotating API tokens. Currently it is not possible to edit the Key field of an API token, so you have to use the Add button when rotating the tokens, and this requires you to manually enter the identical/relevant User, Expires, Description and Allowed IPs fields to match the previous API token, most often using two browser windows/tabs.

Adding the cloning possibility removes the need to copy+paste the fields manually to the new token.

Database changes

None

External dependencies

None

[jeffgdotorg]

Thanks for raising this feature request, and thanks in particular for the clear and concise write-up.

If you are interested in doing the work to implement your idea, please let us know and we will assign the issue to you. Otherwise another developer with spare capacity can pick it up any time.

[markkuleinio]

Yes, please, assign this to me, I'll have a go on this.

[jeremystretch]

Thanks @markkuleinio!