# Create secure token

`POST /processing-terminals/{processingTerminalId}/secure-tokens`

Use this method to create a secure token that represents a customer's payment details.  

When you create a secure token, you need to generate and provide a secureTokenId that you use to run follow-on actions:  
- [Retrieve Secure Token](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/tokenization/secure-tokens/retrieve) – View the details of the secure token.  
- [Delete Secure Token](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/tokenization/secure-tokens/delete) – Delete the secure token.  
- [Update Secure Token](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/tokenization/secure-tokens/partially-update) – Update the details of the secure token.  
- [Update Account Details](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/tokenization/secure-tokens/update-account) – Update the secure token with the details from a single-use token.  

**Note:** If you don't generate a secureTokenId to identify the token, our gateway generates a unique identifier and returns it in the response.  

If the request is successful, our gateway returns a token that the merchant can use in transactions instead of the customer's sensitive payment details, for example, when they [run a sale](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/card-payments/payments/create).