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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change 33Using Client Identities
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6- Clients registered in Globus can be used as "service accounts",
6+ Some clients registered in Globus may operate as independent "service accounts",
77distinct actors with their own identities.
88This is useful for a wide range of automation tasks, in which users want to
99leverage Globus APIs, but without handling login flows and user credentials.
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1414Once it is so registered, such a client will have an ID and secret, which can be
1515passed into interfaces in the SDK.
1616The client credentials (ID and secret) are used to get tokens to power
17- interactions with Globus APIs, and SDK tools will automatically cache and reload
17+ interactions with Globus APIs, and SDK's GlobusApp will automatically cache and reload
1818these tokens appropriately.
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1616Constructing an app takes three required parameters,
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18- - the name of the app for use in the SDK (this does not have to match your registered client name)
18+ - a human readable name to identify your app in HTTP requests and token caching (e.g., “My Cool Weathervane”).
19+ - this does not need match the name you supplied during client registration.
1920- the client ID
2021- the client secret
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