{"id":17944,"date":"2016-12-05T21:33:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T21:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.kore.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9104"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T10:55:19","slug":"bot-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v8-1\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/authorization\/bot-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Bot Authorization"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Kore.ai Bot Builder Platform\u2019s Enterprise Integration Framework provides support for multiple authentication models that can be configured at a task level for each bot to use both authenticated and unauthenticated tasks in the same configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Developers can build custom authentication profiles for <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kore.ai\/a-complete-guide-to-chatbots\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chatbots<\/a> by defining subdomains through tenancy URLs, adding new fields through IDP form fields, and more. They can also test and validate the authorization definition before moving on to the next steps in the bot building process. The Platform passes user identity information and authentication tokens to the bot context as the web and mobile SDK initializes, so your chatbot can leverage existing authentication and authorization settings for end users.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Supported_Authentication_Models\">Supported Authentication Models<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Configure authentication for your chatbot to access third-party web services, with support for the following authorization types. The platform lets you quickly enable one authentication profile across all bots and tasks, or create custom profiles for each bot and task:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Basic_Auth\"><strong>Basic Auth<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A standard protocol to collect username and password information. Kore.ai uses SSL encryption in combination with basic authentication to help secure end-user information. For more information, see <a href=\"\/v8-1\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/authorization\/setting-up-authorization-using-basic-auth\/\">Setting Up Authorization using Basic Auth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OAuth_v2_password_grant_type\"><strong>OAuth v2 password grant type<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Define a custom authorization type for non-standard web service authorization types. For more information, see <a href=\"\/v8-1\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/authorization\/setting-up-authorization-using-oauth-v2-password-grant\/\">Setting Up Authorization using OAuth v2 password grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OAuth_v1\"><strong>OAuth v1<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Enables web applications or web services to access protected resources using an API without end-users having to disclose their login credentials to Kore.ai. For more information, see <a href=\"\/v8-1\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/authorization\/setting-up-authorization-using-oauth-v1\/\">Setting Up Authorization using OAuth v1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OAuth_v2\"><strong>OAuth v2<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The newest version of OAuth protocol focusing on specific authorization flows for web applications and web services. For more information, see <a href=\"\/v8-1\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/authorization\/setting-up-authorization-using-oauth-v2\/\">Setting Up Authorization using OAuth v2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"API_Key\"><strong>API Key<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Identification and authorization token generated or provided by a web application or web service used to identify the incoming application request, and in some cases, also provides authentication for secure access. For more information, see <a href=\"\/v8-1\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/authorization\/\/setting-up-authorization-using-an-api-key\/\">Setting Up Authorization using an API Key<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kore.ai Bot Builder Platform\u2019s Enterprise Integration Framework provides support for multiple authentication models that can be configured at a task level for each bot to use both authenticated and unauthenticated tasks in the same configuration. 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