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IBM OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

IBM publishes 7 OAuth 2.0 scopes. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the IBM API on a user’s behalf.

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.

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Scopes: 7 Flows: Method: searched

Scopes (7)

Scope	Description	Flows
openid	Request an OpenID Connect ID token.
email	Include the user's email in identity claims.
profile	Include the user's profile in identity claims.
ibm	IBM Cloud platform identity scope.
roles	Include IAM role information in the token.
containers-kubernetes	Scope for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service access tokens.
containers-openshift	Scope for IBM Cloud OpenShift access tokens.

📄 Provider scope reference: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-iamoverview

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/.well-known/openid-configuration
docs: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-iamoverview
notes: >-
  The IBM Cloud IAM identity endpoint is an OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect authorization
  server. The IAM management OpenAPI (openapi/ibm-cloud-iam.yml) itself uses http
  bearer JWT, but the tokens are minted by this OAuth server, whose live OIDC
  discovery document advertises the scopes and grant types below. Access to IBM
  Cloud resources is governed by IAM access policies (roles + resource attributes),
  not fine-grained OAuth scopes — these OIDC scopes control identity/session claims.
schemes:
  - name: IBM Cloud IAM (OpenID Connect)
    issuer: https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity
    authorization_endpoint: https://identity-3.us-east.iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/authorize
    token_endpoint: https://identity-3.us-east.iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token
    grant_types:
      - authorization_code
      - refresh_token
      - password
      - implicit
      - "urn:ibm:params:oauth:grant-type:apikey"
      - "urn:ibm:params:oauth:grant-type:delegated-refresh-token"
      - "urn:ibm:params:oauth:grant-type:iam-authz"
scopes:
  - scope: openid
    description: Request an OpenID Connect ID token.
  - scope: email
    description: Include the user's email in identity claims.
  - scope: profile
    description: Include the user's profile in identity claims.
  - scope: ibm
    description: IBM Cloud platform identity scope.
  - scope: roles
    description: Include IAM role information in the token.
  - scope: containers-kubernetes
    description: Scope for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service access tokens.
  - scope: containers-openshift
    description: Scope for IBM Cloud OpenShift access tokens.