Ably · Authentication Profile

Ably Authentication

Authentication

Ably secures its APIs with http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

bearer_auth http
scheme: bearer
basicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/ably-control-api-openapi.yml, openapi/ably-platform-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: bearer_auth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: Control API uses bearer authentication. You need to generate an access token
    for use with this API. More details can be found in the <a href="https://ably.com/docs/account/control-api/#authentication">Ably
    docs</a>.
  sources:
  - openapi/ably-control-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/ably-platform-api-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: Basic Authentication using an [API key](https://www.ably.io/documentation/core-features/authentication#basic-authentication).
  sources:
  - openapi/ably-platform-api-openapi.yml