Generate an API token for a user internally?

Need help APIs
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Is the only way to create an API token for a user by making a call to the public API from inside the App with a login so that a token is returned. Seems strange that I have to set up the bubble API as an external API to get the token.

Also is it possible to change the expiry time to more than 365 days?

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Yes could you show me how to call that external api. yes i got everything up to that. yes how do i capture the response per user?