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# Authentication

Learn how to authenticate to Qlik Cloud for embedding or automation:

- OAuth2: the recommended pattern for most use cases.
- JWT: a pattern for legacy embedding solutions where a proxy is in use, or third-party
  cookie blocking isn't a concern.
- API key: a simple way of providing access to APIs with the same permissions of
  the creating user.

## Get started

- [OAuth2](oauth/) - Authorize mashups or create bots to manage tenants.
- [JWT](jwt/implement-jwt-authorization) - Integrate embedded analytics into legacy portals.
- [API key](api-key/generate-your-first-api-key) - Automate your own personal workflows with code.