Amazon AppSync · Authentication Profile

Amazon Appsync Authentication

Authentication

Amazon AppSync secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Amazon AppSyncGraphQLAPI ManagementServerless
Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

awsAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/amazon-appsync-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: awsAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/amazon-appsync-openapi.yml