# Authentication Server

> Request access tokens and authorization codes, never forwarded, with the Authentication Server endpoints that DS Server calls on its authentication servers.

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

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## In This Section

- [/authenticationserver/authorize](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/authorize/llms.txt): The /authenticationserver/authorize endpoint of the DS Server Web API and its GET method, which returns authorization codes without forwarding to other servers.
- [/authenticationserver/token](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/authenticationserver/token/llms.txt): The /authenticationserver/token endpoint of the DS Server Web API and its POST method, which issues access tokens without asking other authentication servers.

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