# Multiple app client credentials for given account

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/multiple-app-client-credentials-for-given-account/4718>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/multiple-app-client-credentials-for-given-account/4718 "2019-04-04T07:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sanjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sanjay](https://devforum.okta.com/u/Sanjay)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/multiple-app-client-credentials-for-given-account/4718/1 "2019-04-04T07:00:42Z")

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Hi,  
We are planning to use Okta for our solution and there are few questions if someone could help.

- Is it possible to issue multiple app client credentials for given account so that at given time they are all active allowing user to switch credentials on server without downtime? If yes how to do via api?

- is there any GET api which I could use to get client credentials so that the user can view there credentials via some logged in experience? If yes is there any mechanism to show it to the end user in secure manner?

Thanks,  
Sanjay

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**Author:** ![dragos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/dragos/32/1313_2.png) [@dragos](https://devforum.okta.com/u/dragos)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/multiple-app-client-credentials-for-given-account/4718/2 "2019-04-04T09:04:24Z")

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Hi @Sanjay

> [@Sanjay](#):
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> Is it possible to issue multiple app client credentials for given account so that at given time they are all active allowing user to switch credentials on server without downtime? If yes how to do via api?

Yes, you can use multiple OIDC applications at any given time. Once a switch takes place, you will need to do a new request to Okta to get the access token. The steps to request the access token can be found [here](https://developer.okta.com/authentication-guide/implementing-authentication/client-creds).

> [@Sanjay](#):
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> is there any GET api which I could use to get client credentials so that the user can view there credentials via some logged in experience? If yes is there any mechanism to show it to the end user in secure manner?

Unfortunately we don’t have a public API to retrieve the client credentials. The best solution would be to have them stored securely on the backend of your application.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/original/1X/589c4c5f80de422d01f47cee7185a7fb8227835c.png) [@system](https://devforum.okta.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/multiple-app-client-credentials-for-given-account/4718/3 "2024-01-23T19:08:34Z")

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