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title: ConnectApi.OAuthCredentialAuthUrl
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description: OAuth authentication URL for a credential.
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# ConnectApi.OAuthCredentialAuthUrl

OAuth authentication URL for a credential.

<table class="featureTable sort_table" summary="">
          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
            <tr>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d1097143e27">Property Name</th>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d1097143e29">Type</th>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d1097143e31">Description</th>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d1097143e33">Available Version</th>
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          </thead>
          <tbody class="tbody">
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e27" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">authenticationUrl</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e29" data-title="Type">String</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e31" data-title="Description">Authentication URL for the user external credential.<p class="p">Authentication URLs have encoded and escaped special characters. Before using the URL, undo the encoded and escaped characters.</p>
              </td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e33" data-title="Available Version">56.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e27" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">external​Credential</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e29" data-title="Type">String</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e31" data-title="Description">Fully qualified developer name of the external credential.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e33" data-title="Available Version">56.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e27" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">principalName</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e29" data-title="Type">String</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e31" data-title="Description">Name of the external credential named principal.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e33" data-title="Available Version">56.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e27" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">principalType</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e29" data-title="Type"><a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/connectAPI_enums.htm#CredentialPrincipalTypeEnum"><samp class="codeph apex_code">ConnectApi.​CredentialPrincipal​Type</samp></a></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e31" data-title="Description">Type of credential principal.
                Values are:<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph apex_code">AwsStsPrincipal</samp></li>
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph apex_code">NamedPrincipal</samp></li>
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph apex_code">PerUserPrincipal</samp></li>
                </ul>
              </td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d1097143e33" data-title="Available Version">56.0</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>