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Authentication, Authorisation & Trust

Why do Flask apps often need both session auth and API token auth?

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By NHI Mgmt Group Editorial Team Updated June 7, 2026 Domain: Authentication, Authorisation & Trust

Flask apps frequently serve human users through a browser and machine clients through APIs. Sessions work well for interactive flows, while tokens suit stateless requests, but each has different lifecycle and security rules. Teams should separate the two planes so browser behaviour, token storage, and revocation are governed independently.

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Reviewed and updated by the NHIMG editorial team on June 7, 2026.
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