ESRI ArcGIS · OAuth Scopes

ESRI ArcGIS OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

ESRI ArcGIS publishes 2 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the ESRI ArcGIS API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

GISGeospatialMappingLocationSpatial AnalysisGeocodingRoutingPlacesOGCGraphQLMCP

Scopes: 2 Flows: authorizationCode Method: searched

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/authorize

Token URL
https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (2)

Scope	Description	Flows
openid	OpenID Connect identity	authorizationCode
urn:arcgis:scope:root	Full access to ArcGIS Online	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/reference/privileges/

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-09-07'
method: searched
source: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/reference/privileges/, https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/,
  https://www.arcgis.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server; baseline derived from openapi/ securitySchemes
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/esri-arcgis-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/esri-arcgis-places-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/esri-arcgis-portal-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/oauth2/token
scopes:
- scope: openid
  description: OpenID Connect identity
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/esri-arcgis-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/esri-arcgis-places-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/esri-arcgis-portal-api-openapi.yml
- scope: urn:arcgis:scope:root
  description: Full access to ArcGIS Online
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/esri-arcgis-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/esri-arcgis-places-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/esri-arcgis-portal-api-openapi.yml
docs: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/reference/privileges/
model:
  kind: privileges
  note: ArcGIS does not use a granular OAuth scope vocabulary. OAuth credentials request coarse scopes (openid,
    urn:arcgis:scope:root) and the effective permission set is the PRIVILEGE list attached to the credential. Privileges
    divide into standard scope (usable by public apps) and personal scope (requires additional account permission;
    only for personal/private apps).
  reference: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/security-and-authentication/reference/privileges/
privileges_observed:
- privilege: Portal service > General privileges > Apps and capabilities > Allow beta access
  required_for: MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)
  source: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
- privilege: Location services > Geocoding > Geocode (stored)
  required_for: find_address_candidates, reverse_geocode (MCP); findAddressCandidates with forStorage=true (REST)
  source: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
  note: Only available for ArcGIS Location Platform accounts with pay-as-you-go enabled.
- privilege: Location services > Routing > Simple routing
  required_for: solve_route (MCP); routing service solve (REST)
  source: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
- privilege: Location services > Elevation > Elevation service
  required_for: elevation_at_locations (MCP)
  source: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
- privilege: Location services > Static maps > Static maps service
  required_for: map_with_overlay (MCP)
  source: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
- privilege: Location services > Data Enrichment > GeoEnrichment service
  required_for: get_topic_fields, describe_location (MCP)
  source: https://developers.arcgis.com/ai/mcp-arcgis-location-services/get-started/
gaps:
- Esri publishes no machine-readable list of privilege identifiers; the privileges reference page renders client-side
  and gives human labels, so an agent cannot enumerate the permission surface programmatically.

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