Token-based authentication
Introduction
Token-based authentication allows users to verify their identity with a third-party server using a token. This is a more secure approach than basic authentication because username and password credentials are never passed in API requests.
How it works
Token-based authentication works by authenticating with a token that you already have available - perhaps it was given to you by a third-party application provider, or you have generated a token from the API - it doesn't matter how you obtain the token.
User experience of token authentication
When a Patchworks user adds an instance of a connector and chooses to authenticate with token-based authentication, they will see something similar to the example below:
Token-based authentication examples
It can be useful to compare how existing connectors have been configured for token-based authentication. The Patchworks marketplace includes many connectors that are configured to use this authentication type - a few examples are linked below:
You can install any of these for comparison.
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