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Overview

To authenticate with Auth0 (Client Credentials), you need one key piece of information:

  1. Client ID - A unique identifier for your client.
  2. Client Secret - A confidential key used to authenticate the identity of the application (client).
  3. HostName - The domain associated with your Auth0 tenant.
  4. Audience - The audience for the token, which is your API.
  5. Organization - The organization name or identifier you want the request to be associated with.

This guide will walk you through finding or generating these credentials within Auth0.

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Prerequisites:

  • You must have an Auth0 account.

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Step 1: Finding Your Client Credentials

  1. Log in to your Auth0 account.
  2. Navigate to the Application’s Settings page.
  3. Click the Create Application button.
  1. Add a unique name for your application and select Machine to Machine Applications
  1. From the dropdown menu, choose the API you wish to authorize for invocation by your application, and select the required Permissions.
  1. Click Authorize to create your new application.
  2. On the Application page, navigate to the Credentials section. Your Client Secret will be displayed here, and the Client ID can be found at the top of the page.

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Step 2: Finding Your HostName

  • From the Quickstart tab of your newly created application, Auth0 provides an example request for obtaining an access token. Your HostName is the text that appears after https:// and before /oauth/token.
  • In the example below, the HostName is dev-tb1x5mahjyey84y4.us.auth0.com.

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Step 3: Finding Your Audience

  • You can find this in the Identifier field of your newly created application under the APIs tab.

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Step 4: Finding Your Organization

  • This is optional and can be obtained from the Organizations page of your newly created application if your tenant is configured to use Organizations.

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Step 5: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have your Client ID, Client Secret,HostName, Audience and Organization:

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Auth0 (Client Credentials).
  2. Enter your Client ID, Client Secret, HostName, Audience and Organization in their respective fields.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

You are now connected to Auth0 (Client Credentials).