# Hosts and authorization

See the supported regions and required scopes of Connect.

## Hosts

The Connect API has different hosts from Composable Commerce HTTP API [hosts](/api/general-concepts.md#hosts). You can access the Connect API at the following URLs:

| Region | API URL |
| --- | --- |
| Europe (Google Cloud, Belgium) | `https://connect.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com/` |
| Europe (AWS, Frankfurt) | `https://connect.eu-central-1.aws.commercetools.com/` |
| North America (Google Cloud, Iowa) | `https://connect.us-central1.gcp.commercetools.com/` |
| North America (AWS, Ohio) | `https://connect.us-east-2.aws.commercetools.com/` |
| Australia (Google Cloud, Sydney) | `https://connect.australia-southeast1.gcp.commercetools.com/` |

If documentation refers to `https://connect.{region}.commercetools.com`, you should use the respective API URL of the Region that hosts your Project.

## Authorization

The Connect API uses tokens from Composable Commerce HTTP API [authorization flows](/api/authorization.md) with the following scopes:

- `manage_project:{projectKey}`: grants permission to use all Connect API endpoints in a Project. To access individual API endpoints, use more selective permissions.
- `view_connectors:{projectKey}`: grants permission to view [Connectors](/connect/connectors.md) in a Project.
- `manage_connectors:{projectKey}`: grants permission to view, create, update, and delete [Connectors](/connect/connectors.md) in a Project.
- `view_connectors_deployments:{projectKey}`: grants permission to view [Deployments](/connect/deployments.md) in a Project.
- `manage_connectors_deployments:{projectKey}`: grants permission to view, create, update, and delete [Deployments](/connect/deployments.md) in a Project.
- `manage_api_clients:{projectKey}`: grants permission to create [automatically generated API Client credentials](/connect/modify-connector.md).

[Creators](/connect/overview.md#who-is-connect-for) typically need the `manage_connectors` scope to manage ConnectorStaged and Connectors, while [clients](/connect/overview.md#who-is-connect-for) typically need the `manage_connectors_deployments` scope to manage Deployments.

Scopes required for automatically generating API credentials are displayed during the deployment step, before the Connector is installed.

## Related pages

- [Area overview page with navigation](/connect.md)
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