I am using Alfresco ACS Java REST API Spring Boot Starter (version 7.1.0) with Keycloak as OAuth2 Identity Provider. The authentication is configured using client_credentials : spring.security.oauth2.client.registration.alfresco-rest-api.authorization-grant-type=client_credentials The Alfresco APIs are injected with @Autowired (i.e. private NodesApi nodesApi ); Short calls work correctly.