# Discourse sso login using Rest API
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-login-using-rest-api/60773
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [4월 11, 2017, 1:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-login-using-rest-api/60773 "2017-04-11T13:02:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Rana\_Muhammad\_Ahsan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rana_Muhammad_Ahsan)
#### Post date: [4월 11, 2017, 1:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-login-using-rest-api/60773/1 "2017-04-11T13:02:09Z")
I’m creating a mobile application for my forum, and I want to use Discourse server (Rest API) with it. I’m looking for an api call which will return my sso signed payload (sig & sso). Is there any way to generate sso payload from an API call, or login to discourse using sso by using Discourse Rest API?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [4월 11, 2017, 1:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-login-using-rest-api/60773/2 "2017-04-11T13:03:04Z")
For mobile apps always prefer to use the user api, see:
> [@User API keys specification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-keys-specification/48536):
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> Discourse contains a system for generating API keys per user if a very specific protocol is followed. This feature facilitates “application” access to Discourse instances without needing to involve moderators. High level description At a high level: Client (desktop app, browser plugin, mobile app) generates a private/public key pair and return url Client redirects to a route on discourse giving discourse its public key Discourse gets approval from user to use app Discourse generat…