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# Get authentications

> Retrieve authentications for a specific app, scoped to those owned by the user.

<Note>
  [Authentication
  schema](/powered-by-zapier/api-reference/common-types/authentication)
</Note>

Once you've [selected an app](/powered-by-zapier/api-reference/apps/get-apps-v2), you can fetch the list of authentications a user owns for that app by making a request to the [`/authentications` endpoint](/powered-by-zapier/api-reference/authentications/get-authentications):

```json theme={null}
// GET /authentications?app=81f613aa-c98a-4383-a5fc-195e68647217
{
  "links": {
    "next": null,
    "prev": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "count": 1,
    "limit": 10,
    "offset": 0
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "authentication",
      "id": "example_akLLd8kB",
      "app": "81f613aa-c98a-4383-a5fc-195e68647217",
      "is_expired": false,
      "title": "Google Sheets some.user@mycompany.example"
    }
  ]
}
```

<Info>
  This endpoint returns only *owned* authentications. Shared authentications are
  excluded because Zap workflows can only be created using credentials that belong to the
  current user.
</Info>

You’ll typically use this endpoint after selecting an app to identify which authentication the user should use when configuring a Zap or action.

<Tip>
  Working with a lot of credentials? Use the `limit` and `offset` parameters to
  paginate through results.
</Tip>

<Note>
  This API is [rate limited](/powered-by-zapier/api-reference/rate-limiting).
</Note>