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

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**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:** ![satonotdead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/satonotdead/32/447830_2.png) [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-the-discourse-api-to-authenticate-users-in-another-app/266322/17 "2023-06-01T21:51:23Z")

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> [@supermathie](#):
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> Putting auth-proxy in front of a custom minimal web service that gives a signed token to your app might work well.

What’s your top 3 suggestions on open-source to that specific task?

I’m using Nginx but probably that could be managed with a more robust development like Keycloak?

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