In-client OAuth and the authorize API

Zoom Apps
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I read the In-client OAuth documentation but it’s unclear to me when the authorize API should be called. Could someone please explain?

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@newzhenry The authorize() API is used to request user authorization and is used in conjunction with the onAuthorized event to obtain the access token. More info on that here.

This would be the similar to calling the /authorize route when using a standard OAuth App flow.

Let me know if that helps.

3

Usually when asking the user for permission I wait until the app has a clear reason which the user can understand. What if we never need OAuth access for the app to function? Can we skip calling the authorize API?

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@bridger Yes, but you would still want to support a browser-based OAuth flow with your app (i.e. a redirect URL) so that users can install your app using their browser.