Concepts

There are a number of shared concepts between the various Nexmo APIs: the use of OAuth tokens, JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), signed requests, and webhooks. The guides below explain in detail how to implement these elements.

Guides

• Applications - Security and configuration information you need to connect to Nexmo endpoints.
• Authentication – API keys, OAuth, and JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
• OAuth – how to use OAuth 1.0a with Nexmo's API.
• Signing requests – how to cryptographically sign requests.
• Webhooks – Nexmo's API can send data back to your web server via a webhook.

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