# authConfig

This section specifies which service should be used to search for additional configuration values.

```
{
	"authConfig": {
		"service": "appmixer:deepai"
	}
}
```

To set additional global values for a service, use the authConfig API. See the [Service Configuration](/6.0/5.0/api/service-configuration.md) section for more information. The purpose of this property is to offer authentication settings for components/services that do not require user authentication. Consider that [*deepai*](/6.0/5.0/app-registration/deepai.md) service. It is a service that requires authentication (API key), but you don't want your users to provide their API keys for it. You want to use your API key for all your users. You cannot use define the [*auth*](/6.0/5.0/component-definition/manifest/auth.md) property in component.json, because that would tell Appmixer to show *Connect Account* button to users in the frontend.

This is not needed since version 4.2. Appmixer will look for service configuration for each component without `auth` section. More details in [here](/6.0/5.0/component-definition/configuration.md).


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