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OAuth2 Security Flows

Name	Grant Type	URLs	Scopes
Authorization	clientCredentials	Token URL https://auth.globus.org/v2/oauth2/token	https://auth.globus.org/scopes/{gcs_manager_dns}/manage_collections Create and manage collections
Authorization	authorizationCode	Token URL https://auth.globus.org/v2/oauth2/token Authorization URL https://auth.globus.org/v2/oauth2/authorize Refresh URL https://auth.globus.org/v2/oauth2/token	https://auth.globus.org/scopes/{gcs_manager_dns}/manage_collections Create and manage collections