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title: "Creating a Client Application"
slug: "creatingclientapplicationpm"
updated: 2025-10-21T02:59:52Z
published: 2025-10-21T02:59:52Z
canonical: "docs.processmaker.com/creatingclientapplicationpm"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.processmaker.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating a Client Application

# Configure Password Authentication for the Client Application

Follow these steps to configure password authentication for the client application:

1. [View authenticated clients](https://docs.processmaker.com/docs/client-authentication-management#view-all-authenticated-clients). The **Auth Clients** page displays.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/Auth Clients.png)
2. Click the **+Auth Client** button. The **Create Auth-Client** screen displays. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/Create Auth-Client.png)
3. In the **Name** setting, enter a name for the client authentication.
4. Select the grant type you will be using.
5. Click **Save**. A new authenticated client is created.
6. The authenticated client in the **Auth Clients** page contains the client secret, and the client id is the primary key of the table. In the example above, Password Grant application has the client id of 3, and then click the **Copy Client Secret to Clipboard** icon. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/Copy Client Secret to Clipboard.png)

That's it. You are now ready to attempt authenticating with the ProcessMaker REST API.

- [Getting an Access Token](/v1-api/apidocs/getting-an-access-token)
- [Getting a Refresh Token](/v1-api/apidocs/getting-a-refresh-token)
- [Starting a Request VIA REST API](/v1-api/apidocs/starting-a-request-via-rest-api)

> [!NOTE]
> Please, check the following information:
> 
> - If you want to dig deeper into client applications, you can see the full [documentation here](https://docs.processmaker.com/docs/client-authentication-management).
> - If you need more details about which grant type to use, you can look at the relevant [documentation here](https://docs.processmaker.com/docs/edit-an-authenticated-client).