# Getting signed data from the server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-signed-data-from-the-server/95084
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [August 19, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-signed-data-from-the-server/95084 "2018-08-19T06:23:17Z")
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### Author: ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-signed-data-from-the-server/95084/10 "2018-08-23T05:48:26Z")

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> [@EGreg](#):
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> We should be able to use Discourse to authenticate the user.

Yes, you should, and you can. This is what [the Discourse SSO protocol](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-single-sign-on-for-discourse-sso/13045) is for. That linked topic is written from the perspective of Discourse authenticating to an external auth provider, but Discourse can also act as the auth provider to a different app (an example of which is [the discourse-auth-proxy](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-auth-proxy), using the same protocol.

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