API Users
This guide will explain the API Users concept and how they differ from regular Users how to define
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This guide will explain the API Users concept and how they differ from regular Users how to define
Last updated
API Users allow for authorizing external access to the Management API.
An API User is identical to a regular User except for one thing: It has no password. In fact, API Users are not allowed to log into the backoffice like regular Users.
Instead, API Users hold the Client Credentials used to authorize against the Management API. When an external source authorizes using Client Credentials, it effectively assumes the identity of the API User.
Since API Users are identical to regular Users their backoffice access can be controlled in the same way. This allows for imposing detailed access control on the external sources connected to the Management API.
Client IDs for API Users are explicitly prefixed with umbraco-back-office-. This guards against API Users accidentally taking over one of the Client IDs used by the Umbraco core.
