Manage your application clients

Machine-To-Machine (M2M) communication between Reltio and a 3rd-party application requires the application to be authenticated securely, sometimes even without human intervention. To do so, Reltio offers Client Credentials as one of the authentication types, specifically designed for M2M communication. It is composed by a Client ID that represents the client application that initiates the communication and Client Secret that represents the password for the Client ID.

Do I need a user account to manage my application clients?

No, instead of a user account to supply credentials (username and password) to authenticate through the Reltio API, you can use Client Credentials (client ID and client secret) to comply with OAuth 2.0 for machine-to-machine communications.

To get started with your application clients through the Client Credentials application in Reltio Console, see topic Get started with Client Credentials.

For more information on obtaining an access token with the Client Credential grant type, see topic Obtaining access tokens with client credentials grant type and for using APIs to manage application clients, see topic Application Client Management APIs.