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# ASAuthorizationCredential

An interface that all credentials share.

```
protocol ASAuthorizationCredential : NSCopying, NSSecureCoding, NSObjectProtocol
```

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

[`ASPasswordCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASPasswordCredential)

[`ASAuthorizationAppleIDCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationAppleIDCredential)

[`ASPasskeyAssertionCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASPasskeyAssertionCredential)

[`ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialRegistration`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialRegistration)

[`ASAuthorizationAccountCreationPlatformPublicKeyCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationAccountCreationPlatformPublicKeyCredential)

[`ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialRegistration`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialRegistration)

[`ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialAssertion`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialAssertion)

[`ASPasskeyRegistrationCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASPasskeyRegistrationCredential)

[`ASOneTimeCodeCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASOneTimeCodeCredential)

[`ASAuthorizationSingleSignOnCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationSingleSignOnCredential)

[`ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialAssertion`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialAssertion)

### Inherits From

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

### Inherited By

[`ASPublicKeyCredential`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASPublicKeyCredential)

[`ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialAssertion`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialAssertion)

[`ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialRegistration`](/documentation/AuthenticationServices/ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialRegistration)

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