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title: NowSDKAuthorizationProviding interface - Android
description: The NowSDKAuthorizationProviding interface provides a function that configures the link to the ServiceNow instance for which authorization is needed and any associated callbacks.Authorizes the currently logged-in user on the specified ServiceNow instance using the specified AuthorizationToken objects.
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# NowSDKAuthorizationProviding interface- Android

The NowSDKAuthorizationProviding interface provides a function that configures the link to the ServiceNow instance for which authorization is needed and any associated callbacks.

**Parent Topic:**[Mobile SDK - Android](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/cllent-mobile-api-reference/MobileSDKAndroidAPI.md)

## NowSDKAuthorizationProviding - requestAuthorization\(instanceURL: URL, callback: Consumer<List<AuthorizationToken>?>\)

Authorizes the currently logged-in user on the specified ServiceNow instance using the specified AuthorizationToken objects.

|Name|Type|Description|
|----|----|-----------|
|instanceURL|[URL](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/net/URL.html)|ServiceNow instance for which the authorization is being requested.|
|callback|[Consumer](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/function/Consumer.html)​<[List](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/-list/)​<[AuthorizationToken](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/cllent-mobile-api-reference/AuthorizationTokenAndroidAPI.md)>?>|Array of logged-in user specific Authorization Token objects.|

|Type|Description|
|----|-----------|
|None| |

```
class NowSDKAuthorizationManager: NowSDKAuthorizationProviding {
  override fun requestAuthorization(
    instanceURL: URL,
    callback: Consumer<List<AuthorizationToken>?>
  ){
    val token = JWTService.fetchJwt()
    val authorizationToken = AuthorizationToken(AuthorizationTokenType.JWT, token)
    val result = listOf(authorizationToken)
    callback.accept(result)
  }
}
```