# How to Pass Credentials in Code Instead of Config?

**URL:** <https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/how-to-pass-credentials-in-code-instead-of-config/195370>\
**Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\
**Tags:** apis, sailpoint-identity-security\
**Created:** [February 8, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/how-to-pass-credentials-in-code-instead-of-config/195370 "2026-02-08T23:13:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahul\_ch77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rahul\_ch77](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/rahul_ch77)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/how-to-pass-credentials-in-code-instead-of-config/195370/1 "2026-02-08T23:13:17Z")

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Hi team,

I’m using the SailPoint Python SDK for automation and need to pass credentials directly in code instead of using config file. The documentation doesn’t explicitly cover this scenario, below i’ve tried

from sailpoint.configuration import Configuration

configuration = Configuration(  
base\_url=“https:// [tenant.api.identitynow.com](http://tenant.api.identitynow.com)”,  
client\_id=“xyz”,  
client\_secret=“xyz”  
)

configuration = Configuration()  
configuration.base\_url = “[https://tenant.api.identitynow.com](https://tenant.api.identitynow.com)”  
configuration.client\_id = “xyz”  
configuration.client\_secret = “xyz”

Has anyone done this? What’s the correct approach?

thank you

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**Author:** ![kalyan\_dev32](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/kalyan_dev32/32/21870_2.png) [@kalyan\_dev32](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/kalyan_dev32)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/how-to-pass-credentials-in-code-instead-of-config/195370/2 "2026-02-08T23:24:32Z")

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Hello @rahul_ch77,

Have you tried using ConfigurationParams?

```auto
from sailpoint.configuration import Configuration, ConfigurationParams

configParams = ConfigurationParams()
configParams.base_url = "https://xx.api.identitynow-demo.com"
configParams.client_id = "xxxx"
configParams.client_secret = "xxxx"

configuration = Configuration(configurationParams=configParams)

```

hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/how-to-pass-credentials-in-code-instead-of-config/195370/3 "2026-04-09T23:25:19Z")

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