# Accessing the Management API Without Client Credentials Grant Type

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/accessing-the-management-api-without-client-credentials-grant-type/63379>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** api, management-api, auth0\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/accessing-the-management-api-without-client-credentials-grant-type/63379 "2021-05-26T00:15:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![stephanie.chamblee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/stephanie.chamblee/32/26087_2.png) [@stephanie.chamblee](https://community.auth0.com/u/stephanie.chamblee)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/accessing-the-management-api-without-client-credentials-grant-type/63379/3 "2021-05-26T12:23:19Z")

</div>

Hi @chris30,

Welcome to the Community!

> [@chris30](#):
>
> But the only way to enable the Client Credentials Grant Type was to change my app type from an SPA to a regular web app.

Instead of changing the app type of the SPA application, you will want to create a new machine-to-machine application for your Node.js API. The settings in the SPA application should stay the same.

> **[Register Machine-to-Machine Applications](https://auth0.com/docs/get-started/auth0-overview/create-applications/machine-to-machine-apps)**
>
> Learn how to register and configure a machine-to-machine (M2M) application using the Auth0 Dashboard and authorize it using the Management API test feature.

---

_[View the full topic](https://community.auth0.com/t/accessing-the-management-api-without-client-credentials-grant-type/63379)._