Developer credentials tool | Documentation

ArcGIS portal developer credentials tool used to create new developer credentials in your portal.

What is the developer credential tool?

The developer credential tool is a tool in a portalArcGIS portal, also known as a portal, is a website with applications and tools that can be used to create, manage, access, and share geospatial content and data. It supports security and authentication, developer credentials, content and data service management, user and group management, and site administration. A portal can be hosted in Esri's infrastructure or your own infrastructure.Learn more that allows you to create and define the properties for a developer credentialDeveloper credentials are a type of item in a portal that contains parameters for authentication. There are two types of developer credentials: API key credentials and OAuth credentials.Learn more. You typically create a new set of developer credentials for each application you develop. Each credential will have a specific set of properties that support the type of authentication you are implementing and the type of functionality required by your application.

You use the developer credential tool to:

Create API key and OAuth 2.0 credential itemsAn item, also known as a content item, is a resource stored in a portal such as a web map, hosted layer, style, script tool, file, or notebook.Learn more for your custom applications
Create a client_id and client_secret
Define the privilegesPrivileges are a set of permissions assigned to ArcGIS accounts, developer credentials, and applications that grant access to secure resources and functionality in ArcGIS.Learn more for a credential (API key and app credentials only)
Define the items a credential can access (API key and app credentials only)
Set the expiration date (API key and app credentials only)
Set the redirect and referrer URLs

How to use the developer credential tool

You access the developer credential tool by creating a new item.

The steps to use the creator are:

Sign in to your portal.
Click to Content > My Content > New item.
Click Developer Credentials.
Click the type of credentials you want to create: API key credentials or OAuth 2.0 credentials.
Select and define the properties required for the type of authentication you are implementing. e.g.
- Expiration data
- Referrer
- Redirect URL
- Privileges
- Item name, tags, and summary

ArcGIS portal developer credentials dialog used to create new developer credentials in your portal.

Create developer credentials dialog displaying the types of developer credentials you can create.

Tutorials

Create an API key

Create and configure API key credentials to get a long-lived API key access token.

ArcGIS portal REST JS

Create OAuth credentials for user authentication

Create and configure OAuth credentials to set up user authentication.

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Create OAuth credentials for app authentication

Create and configure OAuth credentials to set up app authentication.

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