APIs Menu Item is Missing from the Application Settings

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Overview

This article explains why the “APIs” menu items are visible for some Single-Page Applications but not for others.

Applies To

  • Single-Page Application (SPA)

Cause

The applications without the API menu item were not created as Regular Web Applications.

If the application was originally created as a SPA and the application type was later changed to a Regular Web App, the API menu item will not be present.

Solution

Follow these steps to view the APIs tab on the applications settings

  1. Change the application type to a Regular Web app or M2M
  2. Change the authentication method for the token endpoint to something other than ‘none’
  1. Enable the “Client credentials” grant under Advanced Settings