# Tyk Basic Authentication API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-basic-authentication-api/  
**Provider:** Tyk — https://apis.io/providers/tyk/  
**Base URL:** https://tyk.io/  
**Documentation:** https://tyk.io/docs/tyk-apis/

Tyk Basic Authentication API is one of 39 APIs that [Tyk](https://apis.io/providers/tyk/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Basic Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, a GitHub repository, a changelog, and 1 JSON Schema.

An API request made using Basic Authentication will have an Authorization header that contains the API key. The value of the Authorization header will be in the form:</br> `Basic base64Encode(username:password)`.

## Machine-readable artifacts (12)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tyk/refs/heads/main/openapi/tyk-basic-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://tyk.io/docs/tyk-apis/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tyk/refs/heads/main/json-schema/tyk-gateway-access-definition-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tyk/refs/heads/main/json-ld/tyk-gateway-context.jsonld
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tyk/refs/heads/main/graphql/tyk-graphql.md
- **Documentation** — https://tyk.io/docs/tyk-dashboard-api
- **ChangeLog** — https://tyk.io/docs/developer-support/release-notes/dashboard
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-analytics
- **Documentation** — https://tyk.io/docs/
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tyk/refs/heads/main/json-ld/tyk-mdcb-context.jsonld
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-sink

## Other Tyk APIs (12)

- [Tyk Additional Permissions API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-additional-permissions-api/)
- [Tyk Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-analytics-api/)
- [Tyk APIs API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-apis-api/)
- [Tyk Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-assets-api/)
- [Tyk AuditLogs API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-auditlogs-api/)
- [Tyk Batch Requests API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-batch-requests-api/)
- [Tyk Cache Invalidation API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-cache-invalidation-api/)
- [Tyk Certificates API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-certificates-api/)
- [Tyk Certs API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-certs-api/)
- [Tyk CertsTag API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-certstag-api/)
- [Tyk Config API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-config-api/)
- [Tyk Dashboard URL Reload API](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-dashboard-url-reload-api/)

## Tags

Basic Authentication

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/tyk/tyk-basic-authentication-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/tyk/.