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Clarify how authentication works for /applications.
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content/v3/oauth.md

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OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token
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validity without running afoul of normal rate limits for failed login attempts.
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This method uses **OAuth application client_id and secret** using **Basic
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Authentication.** Invalid tokens will return `404 NOT FOUND`.
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Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use
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Basic Authentication when accessing it, where the username is the OAuth
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application `client_id` and the password is its `client_secret`. Invalid tokens
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will return `404 NOT FOUND`.
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GET /applications/:client_id/tokens/:access_token
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