Demystifying iControl REST Part 6: Token-Based Authentication

iControl REST. It’s iControl SOAP’s baby, brother, introduced back in TMOS version 11.4 as an early access feature but released fully in version 11.5. Several articles on basic usage have been writ...
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This is working so far, but according https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-soap/authentication_with_the_f5_rest_api.html it says that "No authentication (basic or token-based) is required to submit the particular API call that creates the authentication token." Has someone get this working without BasicAuth login to get the Token?