# Can I use the Discourse API to authenticate users in another app?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-to-authenticate-users-in-another-app/266322>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Created:** [May 26, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-to-authenticate-users-in-another-app/266322 "2023-05-26T14:29:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ygramoel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/74df32/32.png) [@ygramoel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ygramoel)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-to-authenticate-users-in-another-app/266322/16 "2023-05-30T15:58:02Z")

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> [@supermathie](#):
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> BTW, you need to revoke and change this secret immediately because anyone with it can log onto your app as I’ve just done while testing this.

Don’t worry, the page I am redirecting to is a public page, just for testing.

I changed the secret anyway.

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