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"}],"short_description":"Learn about how the security and authentication guide is an essential resource for all developers building custom applications with ArcGIS.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2593122,"id":2593122,"title":"security-and-auth-blog-2","filename":"security-and-auth-blog-2.png","filesize":152609,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/platform\/developers\/introducing-the-security-and-authentication-guide-for-developers\/security-and-auth-blog-2","alt":"","author":"3791","description":"","caption":"","name":"security-and-auth-blog-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2557602,"date":"2024-11-19 01:42:11","modified":"2024-11-19 01:42:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":902,"height":622,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","medium-width":378,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":530,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","large-width":902,"large-height":622,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","1536x1536-width":902,"1536x1536-height":622,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","2048x2048-width":902,"2048x2048-height":622,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2-674x465.png","card_image-width":674,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-and-auth-blog-2.png","wide_image-width":902,"wide_image-height":622}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Earlier this year we released a new <\/span>Security and authentication<\/span><\/a> developer guide.\u00a0<\/span>This article takes a look at what’s inside the guide and at some of the key resources that will help you learn how to implement authentication for your applications.<\/span><\/p>\n The new Security and authentication guide is an essential resource for all developers using ArcGIS technology to create custom applications. It is for any developer who has ArcGIS Location Platform,<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>ArcGIS Online<\/span><\/a>, or <\/span>ArcGIS Enterprise.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Setting up authentication is always a prerequisite for accessing ArcGIS resources, so regardless of whether you intend to use <\/span>Location services<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Spatial analysis services<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>Portal service<\/span><\/a>, or anything else, you\u2019ll be making a pit stop in the authentication guide.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The security and authentication guide contains everything you need to know about authentication with ArcGIS, from the basic concepts to advanced implementations. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The guide begins with <\/span>Introduction to security and authentication,<\/span><\/a> a page that explains the fundamentals of what authentication is and why it\u2019s required in your applications.\u00a0The <\/span>Types of authentication<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>How to use authentication<\/span><\/a> pages expand on the introduction, laying the foundation for the rest of the guide to come.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2557632,"id":2557632,"title":"security-guide-overview","filename":"security-guide-overview.png","filesize":255448,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/platform\/developers\/introducing-the-security-and-authentication-guide-for-developers\/security-guide-overview","alt":"","author":"338372","description":"","caption":"","name":"security-guide-overview","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2557602,"date":"2024-11-04 06:05:22","modified":"2024-11-04 06:05:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1969,"height":1313,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview.png","medium-width":391,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview.png","large-width":1620,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview-1536x1024.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview.png","2048x2048-width":1969,"2048x2048-height":1313,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview-697x465.png","card_image-width":697,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-guide-overview-1620x1080.png","wide_image-width":1620,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Authentication with ArcGIS can take several different forms depending on the type of authentication you choose to use. The guide includes a chapter for each of the supported types of authentication:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Each chapter explains how to implement one type of authentication to access secure resources in ArcGIS. They also cover best practices related for implementing each type of authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2557642,"id":2557642,"title":"Authentication fundamentals","filename":"auth_basics.png","filesize":21772,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/platform\/developers\/introducing-the-security-and-authentication-guide-for-developers\/auth_basics","alt":"The fundamentals of authentication with ArcGIS","author":"338372","description":"","caption":"","name":"auth_basics","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2557602,"date":"2024-11-04 06:06:31","modified":"2024-11-04 06:06:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":995,"height":712,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","medium-width":365,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","large-width":995,"large-height":712,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","1536x1536-width":995,"1536x1536-height":712,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","2048x2048-width":995,"2048x2048-height":712,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics-650x465.png","card_image-width":650,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/auth_basics.png","wide_image-width":995,"wide_image-height":712}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" In the guide you’ll also find a number of tutorials that explain how to use developer tools to help you implement authentication. For example, you’ll learn how to use the developer credential creator in your ArcGIS portal to create API key credentials and OAuth 2.0 credentials for your apps.<\/span><\/p>\n If you are ready to jump in, check out the tutorials related to API key authentication:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For a deeper dive, you can also learn how to create OAuth 2.0 credentials to set up user authentication and app authentication:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to tutorials for developer tools, the guide explains how authentication works on a technical level. In particular, the <\/span>user authentication chapter<\/span><\/a> provides a deep dive into how OAuth 2.0 user authentication works with ArcGIS.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>user authentication flows<\/span><\/a> section expands on this, explaining every supported workflow for user authentication in a dedicated page. For example, the commonly used <\/span>Authorization code flow with PKCE<\/span><\/a> has its own page that documents its OAuth 2.0 flow diagram and implementation details with ArcGIS.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly to user authentication, the app authentication chapter explains the <\/span>Client credentials flow<\/span><\/a> with detailed implementation steps. It also includes links to <\/span>Code examples<\/span><\/a> hosted on GitHub.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2557662,"id":2557662,"title":"flow-auth-code-pkce","filename":"flow-auth-code-pkce.png","filesize":29301,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/platform\/developers\/introducing-the-security-and-authentication-guide-for-developers\/flow-auth-code-pkce","alt":"A diagram showing the OAuth 2.0 \"Authorization code flow\" with PKCE.","author":"338372","description":"","caption":"","name":"flow-auth-code-pkce","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2557602,"date":"2024-11-04 06:07:52","modified":"2024-11-04 06:08:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":995,"height":717,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","medium-width":362,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":553,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","large-width":995,"large-height":717,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","1536x1536-width":995,"1536x1536-height":717,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","2048x2048-width":995,"2048x2048-height":717,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce-645x465.png","card_image-width":645,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/flow-auth-code-pkce.png","wide_image-width":995,"wide_image-height":717}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" A few additional pages round out the rest of the guide, including detailed <\/span>Best practices<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>FAQ<\/span><\/a> pages that answer many common questions about authentication. The reference chapter also includes essential pages such as <\/span>Privileges<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>REST authentication operations<\/span><\/a> that you may find useful during development.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWho is it for?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
What\u2019s inside?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
Types of authentication<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Tutorials for developer tools<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Workflows for every authentication method<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
…And more!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
Ready to get started?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n