Authorization

The Authorization step obtains or refreshes the credentials an app instance needs before a
request is made. Most integrations never need it — app instances normally handle their own
authentication — but it is available where a flow has to acquire a token explicitly, or refresh
one mid-run.

When you need it

• An application whose token is short-lived and must be refreshed within a long-running
  integration
• A flow that authorizes as one of several identities depending on earlier logic
• Diagnosing an authentication problem in isolation from the request that depends on it

If your App Request steps already succeed, you do not need this step.

Notes

The authorization outcome is available to later steps, so a Conditional can
branch on whether it succeeded before attempting the request that depends on it.