Attribute

AuthenticationMethod (am)

Purpose

Determines which authentication method the driver uses during the course of a session.

Valid Values

0 | 14 | 24

Behavior

If set to 0 (Basic), the driver uses a hashed value, based on the concatenation of the user name and password, for authentication.

If set to 14 (URLParameter), the driver passes security tokens (API keys) via the URL for authentication. You must also specify the API key using the Security Token (SecurityToken) option.

If set to 24 (OAuth2), the driver uses OAuth 2.0 to authenticate to REST endpoints. See "OAuth 2.0 authentication" for details.

Default Value

0 (Basic)