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## CloudPakForDataAuthenticator class

The CloudPakForDataAuthenticator will either use a username/password pair or a username/apikey pair to obtain a bearer token from a token server. When the bearer token expires, a new token is obtained from the token server.

The bearer token will be sent as an Authorization header in the form:

Authorization: Bearer &lt;<!-- -->bearer-token<!-- -->&gt;

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare class CloudPakForDataAuthenticator extends TokenRequestBasedAuthenticator 
```
**Extends:** [TokenRequestBasedAuthenticator](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.tokenrequestbasedauthenticator.md)

## Constructors

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[(constructor)(options)](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.cloudpakfordataauthenticator._constructor_.md)


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Create a new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator instance.


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## Properties

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[requiredOptions](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.cloudpakfordataauthenticator.requiredoptions.md)


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string\[\]


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[tokenManager](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.cloudpakfordataauthenticator.tokenmanager.md)


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`protected`


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[Cp4dTokenManager](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.cp4dtokenmanager.md)


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## Methods

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


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Returns the authenticator's type ('cp4d').


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