Authorization is the process of determining whether an authenticated user can access a particular resource or perform a specific action. This occurs after the system has successfully verified access to the required resources.

ThingWorx uses OAuth 2.0 for authorization. OAuth 2.0 is a standard authorization protocol designed primarily to grant access to a set of resources. It allows a website or application to access resources hosted by other web apps, such as remote APIs or data, on behalf of a user. It provides consented access and restricts the actions that the client app can perform on resources.

ThingWorx supports the following grant types:

with the following connectors: