# App Only Tokens with OAuth

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788 "2021-05-21T22:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![speschka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@speschka](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/speschka)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788/1 "2021-05-21T22:47:49Z")

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**Description**  
Is there a way to get an app only token for Zoom using oauth? By “app only”, I mean only using a client ID and secret - no user interaction, no code. I see no examples or “how to” in the code; only a suggestion that you should consider using JWT for server to server apps (which is where you typically use an app only token).

**Error**  
No error message; just looking for validation.

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
OAuth

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
Not endpoint specific.

**How To Reproduce (If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:  
No steps - just looking for validation - either it doesn’t work, or a link to documentation for how to do it.

**Screenshots (If applicable)**  
Not applicable.

**Additional context**  
None.

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788/2 "2021-05-24T18:57:57Z")

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Hi @speschka,

Good question—at this time, it’s not possible to retrieve an OAuth access\_token without end user authorization/interaction. However, we hope to offer something like this in the future.

For now, the only way to have a direct server-to-server connection would be to utilize [JWT authorization](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/guides/build/jwt-app).

Thanks,  
Will

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**Author:** ![speschka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@speschka](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/speschka)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788/3 "2021-05-24T21:08:50Z")

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Gotcha, appreciate the quick response Will.

Steve

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788/4 "2021-05-25T19:33:58Z")

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Glad I could help 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/app-only-tokens-with-oauth/50788/5 "2021-06-25T05:34:37Z")

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Closed on June 25, 2021, 5:34am UTC

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