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OpenAPI Security Scheme Object

Defines a security scheme that can be used by the operations.

DocumentationRESTSpecification

Properties

Name Type Description
type string The type of the security scheme.
description string A description for the security scheme.
name string The name of the header, query, or cookie parameter to be used (required for apiKey).
in string The location of the API key (required for apiKey).
scheme string The name of the HTTP Authorization scheme (required for http).
bearerFormat string A hint to the client to identify how the bearer token is formatted.
flows object
openIdConnectUrl string OpenId Connect URL to discover OAuth2 configuration values (required for openIdConnect).
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JSON Schema

openapi-security-scheme.json Raw ↑
{
  "$id": "openapi-security-scheme.json",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "OpenAPI Security Scheme Object",
  "description": "Defines a security scheme that can be used by the operations.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "type"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of the security scheme.",
      "enum": [
        "apiKey",
        "http",
        "mutualTLS",
        "oauth2",
        "openIdConnect"
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A description for the security scheme."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the header, query, or cookie parameter to be used (required for apiKey)."
    },
    "in": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The location of the API key (required for apiKey).",
      "enum": [
        "query",
        "header",
        "cookie"
      ]
    },
    "scheme": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the HTTP Authorization scheme (required for http)."
    },
    "bearerFormat": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A hint to the client to identify how the bearer token is formatted."
    },
    "flows": {
      "$ref": "openapi-oauth-flows.json"
    },
    "openIdConnectUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "OpenId Connect URL to discover OAuth2 configuration values (required for openIdConnect)."
    }
  },
  "patternProperties": {
    "^x-": {}
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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