AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is authorization?
Authorization (also called AuthZ): The process of deciding what an already identified caller is allowed to do, such as which resources it can read or change. It answers 'what may you do?' and is enforced with roles, scopes or policies.
Authorization: an example
A teacher account may edit marks while a student account can only view them.
Related terms
More Web APIs HTTP terms
- Authorization code flow
- Basic authentication
- Bearer token
- Cache-Control
- Caching
- Circuit breaker
- Client credentials grant
- Client library
Where you learn it
Authorization is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.