SWIFT · OAuth Scopes

SWIFT OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

SWIFT publishes 2 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the password and clientCredentials flows. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the SWIFT API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/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.

BankingCross-Border PaymentsFinancial MessagingFinancial ServicesGPIISO 20022PaymentsSWIFT

Scopes: 2 Flows: password, clientCredentials Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Token URL
https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token /v1/oauth2/token

Flows
passwordclientCredentials

Scopes (2)

Scope	Description	Flows
urn:swiftref:external	External customer access to SwiftRef data	password
urn:swiftref:internal	Internal payment validation access	password

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-11-05'
method: derived
source: openapi/swift-account-numbers-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-bbans-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-bics-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-country-codes-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-currency-codes-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-ibans-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-leis-api-openapi.yml, openapi/swift-national-ids-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/swift-payment-pre-validation-api-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-account-numbers-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-bbans-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-bics-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-country-codes-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-currency-codes-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-ibans-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-leis-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/swift-national-ids-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
- name: oauthClientCredentials
  source: openapi/swift-payment-pre-validation-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: /v1/oauth2/token
  description: |-
    This API uses OAuth2 with the client credentials grant type.

    Please visit [SWIFT OAuth Token API](https://developer.swift.com/swift-oauth-token-api) for more information and examples.
scopes:
- scope: urn:swiftref:external
  description: External customer access to SwiftRef data
  flows:
  - password
  sources:
  - openapi/swift-account-numbers-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-bbans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-bics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-country-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-currency-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-ibans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-leis-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-national-ids-api-openapi.yml
- scope: urn:swiftref:internal
  description: Internal payment validation access
  flows:
  - password
  sources:
  - openapi/swift-account-numbers-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-bbans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-bics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-country-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-currency-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-ibans-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-leis-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/swift-national-ids-api-openapi.yml

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