Manage Clients

Learn how to create, configure, and manage clients to authenticate requests to Confidence.

To be able to talk to Confidence from your website, backend service or mobile app, you need to create a client.

Create a Client

1. Go to the API Clients page

   You can find it under the Admin section in the sidebar in Confidence.

2. Click Create
3. Give the client a name
4. Click Create

Create Credentials

After you have created a client, you also need to create a client secret that you use to authenticate requests to Confidence. To create a client secret, follow these steps:

1. Go to the API Clients page

   You can find it under the Admin section in the sidebar in Confidence.

2. Select the client you want to create a client secret for
3. Click Create credential

   A new client secret is created, and the client secret is copied to your clipboard. You can also view the client secret by clicking the show icon.

Use it when you initialize a Confidence client SDK, or when you make API requests to Confidence.

Rotate Credentials

If you need to rotate credentials, do the following.

1. Go to the API Clients page

   You can find it under the Admin section in the sidebar in Confidence.

2. Select the client you want to create a new client secret for
3. Click Create new credential to create a new client secret
4. Update your application to use the new client secret
5. Delete the old client secret

Related Resources

Create a Flag

Set up flags that use your clients

Clients Reference

Deep dive into client configuration

Configure a Flag Quickstart

End-to-end tutorial with client setup

Setup Clients API

API reference for clients