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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/authentication](./authentication.md) &gt; [AuthenticationStrategyProvider](./authentication.authenticationstrategyprovider.md)

## AuthenticationStrategyProvider class

An authentication strategy provider responsible for resolving an authentication strategy by name.

It declares an extension point to which all authentication strategy implementations must register themselves as extensions.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare class AuthenticationStrategyProvider implements Provider<AuthenticationStrategy[] | undefined> 
```
**Implements:** [Provider](./context.provider.md)<!-- -->&lt;[AuthenticationStrategy](./authentication.authenticationstrategy.md)<!-- -->\[\] \| undefined&gt;

## Example

`context.bind('authentication.strategy').toProvider(AuthenticationStrategyProvider)`

## Constructors

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[(constructor)(authenticationStrategies, metadata)](./authentication.authenticationstrategyprovider._constructor_.md)


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Constructs a new instance of the `AuthenticationStrategyProvider` class


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## Properties

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Type


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[authenticationStrategies](./authentication.authenticationstrategyprovider.authenticationstrategies.md)


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`protected`


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Getter&lt;[AuthenticationStrategy](./authentication.authenticationstrategy.md)<!-- -->\[\]&gt;


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[metadata?](./authentication.authenticationstrategyprovider.metadata.md)


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`protected`


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[AuthenticationMetadata](./authentication.authenticationmetadata.md)<!-- -->\[\] \| undefined


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_(Optional)_


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## Methods

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[value()](./authentication.authenticationstrategyprovider.value.md)


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