Stack Exchange · OAuth Scopes

Stack Exchange OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Stack Exchange publishes 3 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Stack Exchange API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access_token/json.

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: 3 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://stackoverflow.com/oauth

Token URL
https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access_token/json

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (3)

Scope	Description	Flows
no_expiry	Issues an access token that does not expire	authorizationCode
private_info	Access a user's private information	authorizationCode
write_access	Allows write access to a user's data	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/stack-exchange-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/stack-exchange-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://stackoverflow.com/oauth
    tokenUrl: https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access_token/json
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication for Stack Exchange API. Register an application at http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth
    to obtain client credentials.
scopes:
- scope: no_expiry
  description: Issues an access token that does not expire
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/stack-exchange-openapi.yml
- scope: private_info
  description: Access a user's private information
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/stack-exchange-openapi.yml
- scope: write_access
  description: Allows write access to a user's data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/stack-exchange-openapi.yml