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## AuthenticatorInterface interface

This interface defines the common methods associated with an Authenticator implementation.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export interface AuthenticatorInterface 
```

## Methods

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Method


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Description


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[authenticate(requestOptions)](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.authenticatorinterface.authenticate.md)


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Add authentication information to the specified request.


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[authenticationType()](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.authenticatorinterface.authenticationtype.md)


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Returns a string that indicates the authentication type.


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