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Acquia Authentication

Authentication

Acquia secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

ContentExperience
Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in: header

Security Schemes

Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
Codebase_Service_JWT apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/acquia-cloud-account.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-agreements.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-application-performance-monitoring-services.yml,
  openapi/acquia-cloud-applications.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-cloud-ide.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-codebases.yml,
  openapi/acquia-cloud-current-system-health.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-distributions.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-email.yml,
  openapi/acquia-cloud-environments.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-identity-providers.yml, openapi/acquia-cloud-invite.yml
  ...
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: Acquia_Cloud_API_Documentation_OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://accounts.acquia.com/api/token
    scopes: 0
  description: |-
    All Cloud API calls need to be authenticated in order to work. You authenticate using a token that you can generate on your Acquia Profile page.

    ### To generate a token:

    1. Sign in to the [Acquia Cloud](https://cloud.acquia.com/) interface using your email address and Acquia password.
    2. Click your user avatar in the upper right corner, and then click **Account Settings**.
    3. On the Profile page
  sources:
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-account.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-agreements.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-application-performance-monitoring-services.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-applications.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-cloud-ide.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-codebases.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-current-system-health.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-distributions.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-email.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-environments.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-identity-providers.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-invite.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-messages.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-notifications.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-openapi-full.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-options.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-organizations.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-private-networks.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-subscriptions.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-teams-and-permissions.yml
- name: Codebase_Service_JWT
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Value for the Authorization header parameter.
  sources:
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-account.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-agreements.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-application-performance-monitoring-services.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-applications.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-cloud-ide.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-codebases.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-current-system-health.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-distributions.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-email.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-environments.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-identity-providers.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-invite.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-messages.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-notifications.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-openapi-full.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-options.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-organizations.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-private-networks.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-subscriptions.yml
  - openapi/acquia-cloud-teams-and-permissions.yml