static public function reloadAuthUsingTokenAuth($request = null)
    {
        // if a token_auth is specified in the API request, we load the right permissions
        $token_auth = Piwik_Common::getRequestVar('token_auth', '', 'string', $request);
        if ($token_auth) {
            Piwik_PostEvent('API.Request.authenticate', $token_auth);

############## ADDED
            $authCookieName = Piwik_Config::getInstance()->General['login_cookie_name'];
            $authCookieExpiry = 0;
            $authCookiePath = Piwik_Config::getInstance()->General['login_cookie_path'];
            $cookie = new Piwik_Cookie($authCookieName, $authCookieExpiry, $authCookiePath);
            $auth = Zend_Registry::get('auth');

            $login = Piwik_FetchOne(
                'SELECT login
                FROM ' . Piwik_Common::prefixTable('user') . '
                                                                WHERE token_auth = ?',
                array($token_auth)
            );

            $cookie->set('login', $login);
            $cookie->set('token_auth', $auth->getHashTokenAuth($login, $token_auth));
            $cookie->setSecure(Piwik::isHttps());
            $cookie->setHttpOnly(true);
            $cookie->save();
############## ADDED END

            Zend_Registry::get('access')->reloadAccess();
            Piwik::raiseMemoryLimitIfNecessary();
        }
    }