Client Credentials Flow
Learn how this flow enables machine-to-machine authentication where a client acts on its own behalf, not a user's.
Client Credentials: Intro
Welcome to the Client Credentials Flow lesson! This flow is a special type of OAuth2 grant designed for machine-to-machine authentication.
Unlike other flows that involve a user, here, an application (the 'client') acts entirely on its own behalf.
When Apps Talk to Apps
Imagine you have a backend service that needs to access an API to update data, or a scheduled job that fetches reports from another system.
In these scenarios, there's no end-user present to log in or grant consent. The application itself needs to prove its identity and authorize its own access.
All lessons in this course
- Authorization Code Flow
- Client Credentials Flow
- Implicit Flow & Deprecation
- Device Authorization Grant