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Security and authentication guide

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Introduction
Types of authentication
How to use authentication
API key authentication
- Introduction
- API key credentials
- How to use an API key
- Tutorials
User authentication
- Introduction
- How to implement user authentication
- OAuth credentials (for user authentication)
- User authentication with ArcGIS APIs
- User authentication flows
- Tutorials
App authentication
- Introduction
- How to implement app authentication
- OAuth credentials (for app authentication)
- Client credentials flow
- Examples
  - Server-side app authentication (Node.js)
  - Server-side app authentication (PHP)
- Tutorials
Best practices
Reference
- Access tokens
- Privileges
- REST operations
- Portal security
- HTTP authorization headers
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App authentication tutorials

View tutorials and sample code for app authentication to learn how to implement it in your applications.

Create OAuth credentials for app authentication

Create and configure OAuth credentials to set up app authentication.

Code examples

The following code examples are available for app authentication:

Node.JS with Express
PHP

Product support notes

ArcGIS Location PlatformArcGIS OnlineArcGIS Enterprise

API support notes

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