# /authenticationserver/authorize

> The /authenticationserver/authorize endpoint of the DS Server Web API and its GET method, which returns authorization codes without forwarding to other servers.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Endpoint
- **Path:** DS Server > API Reference > Web API > Authentication Server > /authenticationserver/authorize
- **108 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/llms-full.txt

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This endpoint offers the following method.

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [`GET`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/get/llms-full.txt) | [/authenticationserver/authorize](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/get/llms-full.txt) | Requests an authorization code or an access token without forwarding the request to registered authentication servers. |

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## In This Section

- [GET /authenticationserver/authorize](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/get/llms-full.txt): Request an authorization code or access token like GET /oauth/authorize, redirected to the redirect URI, but never forwarded to other authentication servers.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [POST /authenticationserver/token](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/token/post/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [GET /authenticationserver/authorize](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/get/llms-full.txt)