---
title: ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor
framework: authenticationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Protocol
path: authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialdescriptor
---

# ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor

An interface that defines the credential identifier.

## Declaration

```swift
protocol ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor : NSCopying, NSSecureCoding, NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Getting the credential

- [credentialID](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialdescriptor/credentialid.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSSecureCoding](foundation/nssecurecoding.md)

### Conforming Types

- [ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor](authenticationservices/asauthorizationplatformpublickeycredentialdescriptor.md)
- [ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor](authenticationservices/asauthorizationsecuritykeypublickeycredentialdescriptor.md)

## See Also

### Request configuration

- [ASPublicKeyCredential](authenticationservices/aspublickeycredential.md)
- [ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialParameters](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialparameters.md)
- [ASCOSEAlgorithmIdentifier](authenticationservices/ascosealgorithmidentifier.md)
- [ASCOSEEllipticCurveIdentifier](authenticationservices/ascoseellipticcurveidentifier.md)
- [ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialAttestationKind](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialattestationkind.md)
- [ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialResidentKeyPreference](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialresidentkeypreference.md)
- [ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialUserVerificationPreference](authenticationservices/asauthorizationpublickeycredentialuserverificationpreference.md)
- [ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor](authenticationservices/asauthorizationplatformpublickeycredentialdescriptor.md)
- [ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor](authenticationservices/asauthorizationsecuritykeypublickeycredentialdescriptor.md)
- [ASAuthorizationSecurityKeyPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor.Transport](authenticationservices/asauthorizationsecuritykeypublickeycredentialdescriptor/transport.md)
- [allSupported](authenticationservices/asauthorizationsecuritykeypublickeycredentialdescriptor/transport/allsupported.md)