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  • Created by the WMDA and shared with your organisation.
  • Identifies your application connection to the WMDA APIs.
  • Permanent - it does not expire and cannot be changed.
  • Is permanent and does not change.

Client_secret

  • A confidential credential linked to a specific client_id.
  • Acts like a temporary password for machine-to-machine authentication.
  • Required when requesting a bearer token to connect to the WMDA APIs.
  • Expires after a set period. A replacement must be created and used.
  • Can be managed by your organisation in the Self Service API Credentials Portal (see 4. Managing your client secrets below).

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