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# About This Guide

This guide walks you through an end-to-end Headless Identity implementation, from completing your Salesforce setup to calling Headless Identity API. The example implementation in this guide is designed for a single-page app or public client.

|Required Editions|
|-----------------|
|Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience|
|Available in: **Enterprise**, **Unlimited**, and **Developer** Editions|

The guide takes you through these high-level tasks.

-   Complete prerequisites for Headless Identity.
-   Create an authentication provider.
-   Configure Experience Cloud settings.
-   Create an external client app.
-   Use Postman to call Headless Identity APIs.

The guide also includes some JavaScript examples for implementing Headless Identity with a single-page app.

To use this guide, you must have a Salesforce admin account. Complete these steps in a non-production environment, such as a sandbox or developer org. Use this guide as a starting point to customize and deploy your own solution in production.