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Airbyte Authentication

Authentication

Airbyte secures its APIs with oauth2 across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2 Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

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Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/configuring-api-access
docs: https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/configuring-api-access
discovery: https://airbyte.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
summary:
  types: [oauth2]
  oauth2_flows: [clientCredentials]
  token_delivery: bearer
schemes:
- name: clientCredentials
  type: oauth2
  flow: clientCredentials
  token_url_cloud: https://api.airbyte.com/v1/applications/token
  token_url_self_managed: https://<YOUR_AIRBYTE_URL>/api/public/v1/applications/token
  token_endpoint_auth_method: client_secret_post
  token_ttl_seconds: 900
  bearer_format: JWT (RS256)
  scopes: [openid, api]
  description: >-
    The Airbyte public API authenticates with the OAuth 2.0 client_credentials
    grant. Create an Application in the Airbyte UI (User settings > Applications)
    to obtain a client_id and client_secret, then POST them with
    grant_type=client_credentials to the token endpoint. The returned access
    token expires after 15 minutes and is sent as an
    'Authorization: Bearer <token>' header. The application represents the
    creating user and inherits their permissions.
notes: >-
  The harvested OpenAPI (openapi/airbyte-openapi.yml) declares no
  securitySchemes, so this profile is captured from the docs and the OIDC
  discovery document rather than derived. Self-managed/Enterprise deployments
  additionally support SSO (OIDC/SAML) and RBAC at the platform level.