UsernamePasswordCredential class
Warning
This API is now deprecated.
UsernamePasswordCredential is deprecated. Use a more secure credential. See https://aka.ms/azsdk/identity/mfa for details.
Enables authentication to Microsoft Entra ID with a user's username and password. This credential requires a high degree of trust so you should only use it when other, more secure credential types can't be used.
Constructors
| Username |
Creates an instance of the UsernamePasswordCredential with the details needed to authenticate against Microsoft Entra ID with a username and password. |
Methods
| get |
Authenticates with Microsoft Entra ID and returns an access token if successful. If authentication fails, a CredentialUnavailableError will be thrown with the details of the failure. If the user provided the option |
Constructor Details
UsernamePasswordCredential(string, string, string, string, UsernamePasswordCredentialOptions)
Creates an instance of the UsernamePasswordCredential with the details needed to authenticate against Microsoft Entra ID with a username and password.
new UsernamePasswordCredential(tenantId: string, clientId: string, username: string, password: string, options?: UsernamePasswordCredentialOptions)Parameters
- tenantId
-
string
The Microsoft Entra tenant (directory).
- clientId
-
string
The client (application) ID of an App Registration in the tenant.
- username
-
string
The user account's e-mail address (user name).
- password
-
string
The user account's account password
Options for configuring the client which makes the authentication request.
Method Details
getToken(string | string[], GetTokenOptions)
Authenticates with Microsoft Entra ID and returns an access token if successful. If authentication fails, a CredentialUnavailableError will be thrown with the details of the failure.
If the user provided the option disableAutomaticAuthentication,
once the token can't be retrieved silently,
this method won't attempt to request user interaction to retrieve the token.
function getToken(scopes: string | string[], options?: GetTokenOptions): Promise<AccessToken>Parameters
- scopes
-
string | string[]
The list of scopes for which the token will have access.
- options
- GetTokenOptions
The options used to configure any requests this TokenCredential implementation might make.
Returns
Promise<AccessToken>