I’m trying to implement a user-facing API in which users can programmatically pull an access token to query our API, but can’t seem to find any documentation for this particular use case. Is this a use-case supported by Auth0? All of the user flows seem to depend on either a native or web app.

In that case, there are two options: Option A - Third-Party clients + /authorize calls The more appropriate OAuth way would be to use Third-Party clients to allow access to the API, and Device Flow or Client Credentials Flow to issue tokens. This will involve getting user consent at least once. Yo…

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