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## GraphQL Storefront API Course Updates: Private Token

Updates to the GraphQL Storefront API course reflect the current recommended token types for client-side and server-side usage.

* **Standard token** — clarifies that standard tokens are for client-side use only; removes the deprecation warning and replaces it with clear, present-tense guidance
* **Private token** — updates the private token section to describe it as the required token for all server-to-server integrations; simplifies the access scopes section to link to reference docs
* **Customer access token** — updates code examples to use a Private Token as the Bearer token for server-side customer context requests
* **Lab recap sections** — renames the `private_token` Postman variable to `private_storefront_token` and removes the optional `storefront_token` note
* **Course overview** — updates objectives to distinguish between client-side and server-to-server token use cases

For details, see the [GraphQL Storefront API course](/developer/learn/courses/graphql-storefront-api).