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What is the difference between a User and an API User?
What is the difference between a User and an API User?
Lucien Berkani avatar
Written by Lucien Berkani
Updated over 8 months ago

A standard user generally logs on to the Quable PIM interface with these credentials via the login page:

An API user account is generally used to authenticate during an API call. It is not counted as a standard user.

They can only be used via the API and therefore cannot log in through the front-end interface.

To define an API user, simply select the option when creating it:

You can switch from a standard user to an API user, and vice versa, via the user account edit page.

On your user administration page, you can display only API users with the following filter:

Keywords : users, API

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