Preface

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OpenStack Identity allows clients to obtain tokens that can be used to access OpenStack cloud services.

Intended Audience

This reference is for software developers who develop applications that use the Identity API for authentication.

This reference assumes that the reader is familiar with RESTful web services, HTTP/1.1, and JSON and/or XML serialization formats.

This version of the reference replaces and obsoletes all previous versions. The following table describes recent changes:

Revision Date	Summary of Changes
July 13, 2013	Added missing code samples and request parameter descriptions.
May 30, 2013	Added back missing client operations and extensions.
September 13, 2011	Initial release.