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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion modules/getting-started/pages/connection.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ conn = tg.TigerGraphConnection(host="<hostname>", graphname="<graph_name>", user
conn.getToken(<secret>) <2>
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<1> The username and password are provided via the constructor of xref:core-functions:base.adoc[the `TigerGraphConnection` class].
<2> Secrets are unique strings that serve as a user’s credentials when generating authentication tokens for REST API endpoints.
<2> Secrets are unique strings that serve as a user’s credentials when generating authentication tokens for REST API endpoints. Calling getToken() is only required when RESTPP authentication is enabled.

[NOTE]
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`getToken()` is only required when RESTPP authentication is enabled. Otherwise, a username and password are sufficient to connect to the database.
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The graph in this context is a logical container that consists of object type definitions (vertex and edge types, user-defined types (UDTs), data sources, etc.) and the instances of these object types.
A TigerGraph instance can contain multiple graphs, so you need to specify which one you want to use.
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