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Add Client Credentials Flow as Authentication Method
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lamungu committed Sep 27, 2023
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With the Username Password flow, you can directly authenticate with the `Forrest::authenticate()` method.

> To use this authentication you must add your username, and password to the config file. Security token might need to be ammended to your password unless your IP address is whitelisted.
> To use this authentication you must add your username, and password to the config file. Security token might need to be amended to your password unless your IP address is whitelisted.
```php
Route::get('/authenticate', function()
{
Forrest::authenticate();
return Redirect::to('/');
});
```


#### Client Credentials authentication flow

With the Client Credentials flow, you can directly authenticate with the `Forrest::authenticate()` method.

> Using this authentication method only requires your consumer secret and key. Your Salesforce Connected app must also have the "Client Credentials Flow" Enabled in its settings.
```php
Route::get('/authenticate', function()
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4. Update your config file with values for `loginURL`, `username`, and `password`.
With the Username Password SOAP flow, you can directly authenticate with the `Forrest::authenticate()` method.

> To use this authentication you can add your username, and password to the config file. Security token might need to be ammended to your password unless your IP address is whitelisted.
> To use this authentication you can add your username, and password to the config file. Security token might need to be amended to your password unless your IP address is whitelisted.
```php
Route::get('/authenticate', function()
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If your application requires logging in to salesforce as different users, you can alternatively pass in the login url, username, and password to the `Forrest::authenticateUser()` method.

> Security token might need to be ammended to your password unless your IP address is whitelisted.
> Security token might need to be amended to your password unless your IP address is whitelisted.
```php
Route::Post('/authenticate', function(Request $request)
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