[Home](./index.md) > [ibm-cloud-sdk-core](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.md) > [NoAuthAuthenticator](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.noauthauthenticator.md) ## NoAuthAuthenticator class NoAuthAuthenticator is a placeholder authenticator implementation which performs no authentication of outgoing REST API requests. It might be useful during development and testing. **Signature:** ```typescript export declare class NoAuthAuthenticator extends Authenticator ``` **Extends:** [Authenticator](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.authenticator.md) ## Methods

Method	Modifiers	Description
[authenticate(requestOptions)](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.noauthauthenticator.authenticate.md)
[authenticationType()](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.noauthauthenticator.authenticationtype.md)		Returns the authenticator's type ('noauth').