Visual Studio extension authentication
To scan your Projects you must authenticate with Snyk.
Before authenticating, be sure you have set your region properly. For details, see Regional hosting and data residency, which has the list of regional URLs.
Snyk supports the following protocols for authentication:
OAuth 2.0 (default)
Snyk API token (fallback option)
Steps to authenticate using the OAuth 2.0 protocol
To authenticate follow these steps:
After the extension is installed, navigate to Extensions , Snyk, Windows, and then Snyk to open the Snyk panel.
On the welcome screen, click Trust project and scan.
The extension opens a new page in a browser and asks you to log in to your Snyk account:
The next page asks for your authorization for the IDE to act on your behalf. Click Grant app access.
After you authenticate successfully, view the confirmation message.
The IDE reads and saves the authentication on your local machine. Close the browser window and return to the IDE.
The analysis starts automatically. If you have problems, see OAuth 2.0 authentication does not work.
OAuth 2.0 tokens are not static and cannot be copied from Snyk account page.
Steps to authenticate using your Snyk API token
This method is inferior to the OAuth method.
To authenticate follow these steps:
After the extension is installed, navigate to Extensions, Snyk, and then Settings:
Find the Authentication Method and change it to Token authentication
Copy your API token. For details, see Obtain and use your Snyk API token.
Be sure to use your personal token. Paste or enter the token in the Token field.
Click OK.
How to switch accounts
To re-authenticate with a different account, follow these steps:
Navigate to Extensions > Snyk > Settings.
Clear the value of the Token field.
Click OK.
When you have logged out, start authentication from scratch.
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