Getting started

[tyf]

Hi there @samtsejerome welcome to the community!

@samtsejerome

is there anysimple documentation of the fundamentals needed to use auth0?

I’d recommend starting here to get an overview of Auth0 and Identity in general. With some fundamentals in hand getting into a sample app should be much more straight forward

With regards to the audience in particular (it’s a common confusion point), the following FAQ should be helpful:

What is the Audience?

Question: What is the Audience? Answer: The audience parameter exists as part of the OAuth2.0 protocol. You can read more information from the specification here. What is it? The audience (presented as the aud claim in the access token) defines the intended consumer of the token. This is typically the resource server (API, in the dashboard) that a client (Application) would like to access. It can be added to the request to authorize i.e. audience: 'https://test-api' Here is an example where …

Let us know if you have specific questions moving forward!