Honeycomb Auth API

API Keys have various scopes permissions and belong to a specific Team or Environment. Any valid Honeycomb ingest or configuration API Key will work with this endpoint. Learn more about [API keys](https://docs.honeycomb.io/get-started/best-practices/api-keys). These endpoints can be used to validate authentication for a key, to determine what authorizations have been granted to a key, and to determine the Team and Environment that a key belongs to.

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OpenAPI Specification

honeycomb-io-auth-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Honeycomb Auth API
  version: 1.0.0
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  contact:
    email: support@honeycomb.io
  description: 'The API allows programmatic management of many resources within Honeycomb.


    Please report any discrepancies with actual API behavior in <a href="https://docs.honeycomb.io/troubleshoot/community/">Pollinators Slack</a> or to <a href="https://support.honeycomb.io/">Honeycomb Support</a>.

    '
servers:
- url: https://api.honeycomb.io
- url: https://api.eu1.honeycomb.io
tags:
- name: Auth
  description: 'API Keys have various scopes permissions and belong to a specific Team or Environment.


    Any valid Honeycomb ingest or configuration API Key will work with this endpoint. Learn more about [API keys](https://docs.honeycomb.io/get-started/best-practices/api-keys).


    These endpoints can be used to validate authentication for a key, to determine what authorizations have been granted

    to a key, and to determine the Team and Environment that a key belongs to.

    '
paths:
  /1/auth:
    get:
      security:
      - configuration_key: []
      - ingest_key: []
      summary: List Authorizations
      description: 'Returns metadata about the API Key used to call the API.

        Note: a Honeycomb Classic API key will return an empty string for both of the `environment` values.

        '
      tags:
      - Auth
      operationId: getAuth
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Auth'
              examples:
                environment:
                  description: Environment API Key
                  value:
                    id: FL_xMM5LapLC
                    type: configuration
                    api_key_access:
                      events: true
                      markers: true
                      triggers: false
                      boards: false
                      queries: false
                      columns: false
                      createDatasets: true
                      slos: false
                      recipients: false
                      privateBoards: false
                    environment:
                      name: Production
                      slug: production
                    team:
                      name: Honeycomb Docs
                      slug: honeycomb-docs
                classic:
                  description: Classic Environment API Key
                  value:
                    id: A3jatwoWSxA
                    type: configuration
                    api_key_access:
                      events: true
                      markers: true
                      triggers: false
                      boards: false
                      queries: false
                      columns: false
                      createDatasets: false
                      slos: false
                      recipients: false
                      privateBoards: false
                    environment:
                      name: ''
                      slug: ''
                    team:
                      name: Honeycomb Docs
                      slug: honeycomb-docs
                ingest:
                  description: Ingest API Key
                  value:
                    id: hcxik_01j1824es7n4evcmv81cn392jb
                    type: ingest
                    api_key_access:
                      createDatasets: true
                    environment:
                      name: Production
                      slug: production
                    team:
                      name: Honeycomb Docs
                      slug: honeycomb-docs
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericError'
  /2/auth:
    get:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: List Authorizations V2
      description: 'Returns metadata about the Management API Key used to call the API.

        '
      tags:
      - Auth
      operationId: getV2Auth
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            Ratelimit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
            RateLimitPolicy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthV2Response'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  headers:
    RateLimitPolicy:
      description: "The (draft07) recommended header from the IETF on rate limiting.\nThe value of the header is formatted \"X;w=Y\".\nWhere:\n - X is the maximum number of requests allowed in a window\n - Y is the size of the window in seconds\n"
      schema:
        type: string
      example: 100;w=60
    RateLimit:
      description: "The (draft07) recommended header from the IETF on rate limiting.\nThe value of the header is formatted \"limit=X, remaining=Y, reset=Z\".\nWhere:\n  - X is the maximum number of requests allowed in the window\n  - Y is the number of requests remaining in the window\n  - Z is the number of seconds until the limit resets\n"
      schema:
        type: string
      example: limit=100, remaining=50, reset=60
    RetryAfter:
      description: 'The RFC7231 header used to indicate when a client should retry requests.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
      example: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:37:53 GMT
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: unknown API key - check your credentials
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate Limit Exceeded
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
        Ratelimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimitPolicy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: Rate Limited
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetailedError'
          example:
            status: 429
            type: https://api.honeycomb.io/problems/rate-limited
            title: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            error: You have exceeded your rate limit.
            detail: Please try again after 2025-02-01T15:23:12Z.
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONAPIError'
          example:
            errors:
            - id: 06dcdd6508ca822f0e7e2bb4121c1f52
              code: rate-limited/may-retry
              title: request rate limit exceeded
              detail: Please try again after 2025-02-01T15:23:12Z.
    GenericError:
      description: Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Auth:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - type
      - api_key_access
      - environment
      - team
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier (ID) of the API Key.
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - configuration
          - ingest
          description: The type of API Key.
        api_key_access:
          type: object
          properties:
            events:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            markers:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            triggers:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            boards:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            queries:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            columns:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            createDatasets:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            slos:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            recipients:
              type: boolean
              default: false
            privateBoards:
              type: boolean
              default: false
        environment:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              description: The name of the Environment. Will be empty for Classic environments.
            slug:
              type: string
              description: The slug of the Environment. Will be empty for Classic environments.
        team:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            slug:
              type: string
    TeamRelationship:
      type: object
      required:
      - team
      properties:
        team:
          type: object
          required:
          - data
          properties:
            data:
              type: object
              required:
              - id
              - type
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
                  description: The ID of the Team this object is associated with
                  example: hxctm_12345678901234567890123456
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - teams
    AuthV2Response:
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        included:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncludedResource'
          example:
          - id: hcxtm_12345678901234567890123456
            type: teams
            attributes:
              name: My Team
              slug: my-team
        data:
          type: object
          required:
          - id
          - type
          - attributes
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              readOnly: true
              description: The unique identifier of the API Key making the request
              example: hcxik_12345678901234567890123456
            type:
              type: string
              readOnly: true
              enum:
              - api-keys
            relationships:
              type: object
              readOnly: true
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TeamRelationship'
            attributes:
              type: object
              readOnly: true
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: A human-readable name for the API Key
                  example: mgmt write key
                key_type:
                  type: string
                  description: The type of API Key
                  enum:
                  - management
                disabled:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the API Key is disabled
                  default: false
                scopes:
                  type: array
                  description: The scopes assigned to this API Key
                  example:
                  - api-keys:write
                timestamps:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    created:
                      type: string
                      format: date-time
                      description: The ISO8601-formatted time when the API Key was created.
                      readOnly: true
                      example: '2022-09-22T17:32:11Z'
                    updated:
                      type: string
                      format: date-time
                      description: The ISO8601-formatted time when the API Key was updated.
                      readOnly: true
                      example: '2022-10-31T15:08:11Z'
    DetailedError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      description: An RFC7807 'Problem Detail' formatted error message.
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      - status
      - type
      - title
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          default: something went wrong!
        status:
          type: number
          readOnly: true
          description: The HTTP status code of the error.
        type:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Type is a URI used to uniquely identify the type of error.
        title:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Title is a human-readable summary that explains the `type` of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The general, human-readable error message.
        instance:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The unique identifier (ID) for this specific error.
    JSONAPIError:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      type: object
      description: A JSONAPI-formatted error message.
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            readOnly: true
            required:
            - id
            - code
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              status:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              code:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              title:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              detail:
                type: string
                readOnly: true
              source:
                type: object
                readOnly: true
                properties:
                  pointer:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
                  header:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
                  parameter:
                    type: string
                    readOnly: true
    Error:
      x-tags:
      - Errors
      type: object
      description: A legacy error, containing only a textual description.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
    IncludedResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: The unique identifier of the resource
          example: hcxen_01hznmeqrcq8rz533xrvtc6mk0
        type:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          example: environments
        attributes:
          type: object
          readOnly: true
          example:
            name: Production
            slug: production
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.honeycomb.io