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Connecting to data

Authentication​

Resource: https://docs.retool.com/data-sources/guides/authentication/
Resource: https://docs.retool.com/data-sources/guides/authentication/custom

Retool supports many types of API authentication. You can use static authentication tokens, or create authentication flows that request credentials from end users when they access the application. The following figure provides an example of integration to a REST API using OAuth2.

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A powerful utility for organizations that have customer-defined authentication flows is a custom authentication. This provides a means to define multi-step processes with complex logic. This capability is available within the Resource definition for authentication as shown in the following figure.

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